Nice, looks like it has a bit of spalting as well.....which is always a plus
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Heritage Birch fork
A few nights ago, I was walking home and saw an 8 foot branch on the ground. It was under a row of trees planted at the hospital. It had a great fork on it, so I broke the dried out branch down to about 5 feet and carried it home. The next day, I cut out the fork and made this slingshot. I took pics of the trees, and my expert identified them as Heritage Birch. A naturally occurring mutation of a River Birch led to these trees, and they are popular with landscapers. The wood is light in weight but as strong as Red Oak. It makes for a light weight jacket pocket slingshot.
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My friend in Maine is an expert on trees and plants and recognized it immediately. It has shaggy bark, but I knew it wasn't Shagbark Hickory. It was similar to Black Cherry, but I knew it wasn't Black Cherry. It wasn't white in the bark like the typical Paper Birch. I thought it was an exotic. The tree was found in a suburb of St. Louis and thought to be a hybrid of paper and river birch. It was studied in Wis, and found to be a River Birch with a mutation that made it superior by giving it strong resistance to disease. It became super popular with landscapers. It's fairly light in weight and strength is considered excellent for the weight. You'll have it in your area, as it was heavily planted by cities. I'll post a few pics of it here.
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