Thanks brother, The sassafras, is the best for making a fire 🔥 in a thunderstorm, grab the dry branches that are still on the tree, the coating prevents water from getting in, wipe off with rag break it, like putting gas on fire, also for smoking meat cooking burgers taste so good, the tea is awesome
I do believe I have stumbled upon Father Nature. I've literally spent the past 3 hours watching your videos. Wealth of knowledge, great for anyone interested in the outdoors.
River birch also has straight branches that are very strong, rot resistant, and make excellent walking sticks and hiking staffs for navigating the woods and avoiding snakes in wetland areas. My personal hiking staff and snake stick for Search and Rescue work is from a Birch Branch that was trimmed by the park service and left in piles on the ground. It’s incredibly strong and yet light. Great wood!
"Old school video!!" Great job Dave. Even your shirt is "old-school Dave." I really appreciate all your videos, and your store, but have to admit, the older stuff is some of my favorite. Thanks for posting. Look forward to a follow up should you get enough positive feedback..
Mr. Canturbury, I've been brought up and raised on a SC farm all of my adolescent years and most of my adult years. I've learned more from you in this one video than I have my entire life. It would be helpful to tell us how you identify the tree species and properties during the winter months. To me, things look very differently than they look in the other times of the year. Until then, Don't ever stop instructing, you are simply one of the best. ~Cheers~
Hiking in South Eastern Ohio today and made some Sassafras tea while I was out. Wondered what else to look for and here's your video! Good timing - love to see what else there is around us to use. Thanks!
Very Informative video Dave, being in the Eastern woodlands myself, I would really appreciate more videos on the trees of the region, we are blessed with the variety and different uses so this is important information to pass on... Thanks!!!!
White Pine ....How many needles = 5. How many letters in White=5 White Oak vs Red Oak. This was taught to me years ago and take it for what it is worth. When the White man came to North America he hunted with round bullets, while the Red Man (Native Americans) hunted with pointed arrows. White = round Red = Pointed.
the tulip tree is actually a magnolia, pretty cool. iron wood I see them around here, and I love the sassafras tree I have a bunch growing in my yard. it smells so good. it is in the laurel family. trees are one of my loves, we have a full sized black gum, I did not know that until a tree guy came to give us a quote on cutting it down, so we kept it, thought it was some kind of cherry and I hate the wild cherry as they constanly have rotten wood while it is growing at the same time.we had a large cherry fall over during a storm. that would be leaflets, I have hickory but the one I have I think it is either a shellbark hickory or butter nut, not sure.
Hi, The river birch also makes a good toothpick as it smells like mint and freshens the breath. I collect the sap and twigs every year and brew alcoholic birch beer too. I have been told the sap is very high in vitamin C as well. It runs right when maple sap ends and to collect some all you need to do it cut a small branch and it drips right out.
Dave, I took my average steel bow saw and cut the tubing with a pipe cutter. I managed to fit inside the tube a small file, fero rod, steel wool, cordage, and some char cloth. I ground down a steel plug to fit in between the sections to reassemble it. I think you should sell something like that. I like that you can use the bow frame as your bow drill with the cordage. Sharpen and clean with the steel wool. Very multi purpose. Thx brother.
This is one of my favorite video's Dave has made. Wonderful information. Thanks and would love to see another in this series. This is an area of bushcraft that I'm getting into and just asked a friend with a forestry phd to recommend some books on identification as well as wild edibles. He was able to provide many source one of the best being a book produced by the Extension Service in the state of Mississippi which is very specific.
I just want to add Dave, white pine makes a great fire board for the hand drill and bow drill as well. I personally use mullein on white pine for my bow drill.
Holy crap. You know SO much! I’ve watched your channel for a long time now and every video is FULL of knowledge but dang! This video is just CRAM PACKED FULL of information. I don’t think I’ll ever know as much as you do
Dave, I would pay a monthly subscription to learn all of the things you know on these youtube videos. I thank you for all the information you put out bro. I truly respect what you do.
Dave, I would be greatful if you would teach us a little about what can be done with Ceder, Yellow pine and the Sweetgum tree. Other than oaks, thats what is in my area. Around here Pine and Ceder are the big dawgs when it comes to getting a fire fast or when its wet.Thanks for teaching about trees, its a huge help !
I appreciate this video. I'm from northern Michigan, but now that I am in central Michigan the trees are all different and very similar, it seems, to those in Ohio. I knew most of these trees, but you taught be some easy ways to identify the new trees that I am seeing. Thanks Dave!
I love these tree identification videos! I'm still fairly new to choosing which tree's are best for certain tasks. I'd like to see a video on how to identify trees in the winter months.
Hey Dave I would love it if you made a book about trees and plants that was simple and to the point like ID, what it is good for, and where it grows. something like that would be great for your web site as well.What do you think? Keep up the good work!
I learned a lot about trees during my land surveying days but always learn something knew from Dave. Land surveying is an occupation I highly recommend if anyone is looking for a trade to get into. Technology has changed it a lot but it used to be a lot of fun interesting stuff. I've learned a lot from you Dave, appreciate your content and passing on knowledge.
This is a GREAT video, Dave! Thanks for sharing the information! I'm amazed at how much different the forest is in Ohio versus the Beech-Maple forest of Western New York State where I grew up! Since we didn't have hickory trees in that part of N.Y. state, we looked for squirrels where there were a lot of beech trees (and beech nuts).
There's a lot of ground cedar in the background on the forest floor when you were burning the pine resin. They look like miniature pine trees, but they are actually in the club moss family. The sprawling roots make a decent cordage. It's not the best, but it's good enough for light duty tasks.
Good video. Those are the best 'must-know' trees for the area, especially the tulip poplar! Fire, cordage, medicine, baskets, and it's easy to carve the wood - even with a sharp rock. In the interest of knowledge, I have two corrections based on my experience... the Hornbeam and Red Oak. Hop Hornbeam does float, though many woods called 'Ironwood' don't. Also I'm pretty sure Persimmon wood is a little harder and more dense, not by much though. Red Oak, like you said, has more tannin than White Oak, that means that it is actually BETTER than White Oak for medicinal uses needing tannic acid. Well, STRONGER anyway, but I have used it myself for an astringent skin wash with good results. Take care and thanks for the videos!
There is a line that runs through Nebraska kansas oklahoma and texas there during summer you can see from orbital photos a eastern green and western yellow/dry line. Pretty much anything on that line or east is what eastern woodlands would be considered. But alot of those trees still thrive west of that divide as well. Im from central oklahoma and now live in south central kansas the vast majority of the trees mentioned are here.some the wetland trees seem to be the only difference. Birch mainly
Glad for the info on usefulness on Honey Locus , but they are the thorns are also terrible to get stuck with and slightly poisonous . Thorns will go right through any soft or thin soles . Great fire wood for producing heat in wood stoves. Like hedge. But stacked honey locus will soon be bored up like hickory. I am just about 100 miles to far West for any of the Poplar trees, also. I did just discover by accident that Sycamore tree bark, is similar for fire starting. older than dirt, stuck in the down state of Chicago :- (
Every informative David. Yes we could all use more videos like this one. Thanks for taking the time. The shag bark Hickory bark looks like it would be very good for fire starting. I was also amazed when you pointed out that the ironwood does not float. Please show us in a future video how you are able to get to the meat of a hickory nut. I assume you use a jewelers loupe and diamond cutter.
Great video Dave. I agree that trees are often overlooked for anything other than construction materials. I hope you do another one of these identification videos. Some other useful trees you should include are the wild or black cherry, hackberry, cedar, and Osage orange if it's in your area.
Great info! I know most these trees but not their medicinal, nor best uses. So this was very helpful! Thank you! Living in FL where tree ID gets real interesting!
Thank you sharing your knowledge of the eastern woodlands with us Dave we might have to hit the woods at anytime we need this training in order to survive it.Thank you very much brother.
Great video Dave!!! Tree identification (and use) is something I've very much wanted to learn. Please make more like this! Also, I'd love to see a video about the practice of "Forest Gardening" and how it can be adapted to the eastern woodlands such as the Adirondack mountains. In case you're unaware of this "Forest Gardening" is a practice of South American jungle tribes where they would plant an Aries just prior to leaving it or about 2 years before they planned to move the village and let the food plants grow wild and flourish until it was time to move the village from a depleted Area (before they destroyed it's soil viability) and have a ready and thriving food supply waiting for them when they got there. Fascinating stuff. I can see many advantages to planting a variety of wild growing edibles in close proximity to one another in a way that looks naturally occurring to the untrained eye. I mention it here because I think nut trees are a prime candidate.
Great video, Dave. Tree identification is something I have always put off learning about. Books on trees just never really held my attention for very long because they rarely get into the practical applications (medicinal/tool making) of knowing my trees. You've inspired me to dust off that old Peterson's Field Guide. Thanks.
Great video Dave, a lot of very useful info. Its alway good to brush up on knowing the trees and there uses. i always learn something every time i watch one of your videos. You the man
This was so educational, I feel like this is they type of stuff I missed out on in our indoctrination camp of a school system Keep the knowledge comin!
Thank you. That was interesting and very informative. You listed the identifying characteristics which a person must know in order to recognize the species. Best of all, you list several characteristics and uses for each that make them important plants to help folks be successful in the woods.
WOW thanks Dave, this video compliments my tree book and some of the knowledge I’m passing down to my daughter. We went out to get wild leaks today and talked about trees on our hike.
Hi Dave When teaching my kids oaks trees. To remember in the old days white men shot bullets which was round on the end, white oak=round leafs. The Indians(red man) shot arrows which were pointed, red oak=pointed leafs. Also the Tulip or "our sylvester tree" was remembered by the shape of the leaf looks like looney tune character Sylvester the cats face outline and sylvester has two lips (Tulip). Thanks for your time and vids. I have classes around the computer with your vids with my kids. TC
Great lesson Dave. White pine inner bark can also be chewed for emergency nutrients. You can brew a great tea from the root(s) of small sassafras trees. Boil the roots for ten minutes and sweeten with honey or sugar (root beer). The tree is listed as a carcinogen but my understanding is you would have to drink many gallons of the tea to be affected.
John Gandy here. Somehow I had missed this video before. I really wish I had found it a month ago. Even so it helps me out a lot. I have been wondering what the hornbeam was. I have several of them here. I really do hope you do a follow up video for this one. Also watched the steam bending video. Not exactly what I needed but still helpful. And possibly very helpful in the future. Thank you Dave.
one of my favorite videos of all times. great job man. i look forward to the second part. here in VA we have all those trees you spoke of, but i wasnt aware of the different medicinal benefits of some of them. so thanks for sharing. by the small size of the trees, it looks like the property has been timbered in the somewhat recent past.
Nice vid-- I mostly have pin oak and red maple in my neck of the woods. I do have a smattering of aspens and cottonwood too. Nice to learn about trees I don't have and may need to import.
Sassafras is also a blood thinner, so if you drink some sassafras tea to help your upset stomach, don't drink a bunch of it. I'm outside of Athens, Ohio on our 30 acres that I'm super-thankful for, and I totally understand how amazing it is to have all this biodiversity! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us. The Lord sure has blessed you in a lot of ways! I'm thankful. - Smiles Welch
I really enjoyed this vid. I would love to see you do a series like this identifying other trees as well as other plants and maybe different fungus types and their uses. Thanks and God bless you brother.
Good video! You covered a lot of trees thanks for taking time to walk through the woods. It good to share and learn from each other. Will you be making another video with demos on gathering and making bow drills with the different trees?
thanks for posting! I you answered alot of questions i had concerning the trees in my area that all the books i have don't really go into.Thanks again!
I really appreciate this vid man. I knew alot of that but learnt alot as well, since we dont have all the same trees. I used white ash for the bow i made and it works very well. I have been told that the natives used the ash around here for bow staves, tho they used others as well. I tried making a maple bow, tho didnt get much luck with it.The band aid trick with the pine was cool. Dave thanks for sharing as always you teach us alot. thanks for sharing bro
What an amazing video. Thank you so much for taking the time to present this to us. I can't get over how much great info is in this video. Liked and favorited.
Hey there, been watching through a number of your videos and I honestly love them, I am planning to have this kind of lifestyle later in life, just curious, but is there any chance you guys could do a video on making knives or tools through natural means if you haven't already, that would be perfect, thanks! keep up the good work!
Hey Dave, thanks for the great videos! I hope that once the buds harden you'll make another showing us dendro ID without leaves. After all, when you need them you probably wont have any leaves (except under the snow (beech/oak excluded)), especially here in the north east. Love the additional medicinal info here! Also, I believe you may have misspoke regarding Hophornbeam & hornbeam, they are in fact in the Birch (Betulaceae) family. Keep 'em coming!
That was a really informative video. I would like to hear you mention how hard it is to carve or cut iron wood. Definetly eats up chain saw blades. Also which Hickory us used in smoking meats?
In order of appearance-Betula Nigra,Salix Nigra, Populous Tremuloides, Sassafras Albidum, Pinus Strobus, Quercus Alba, Gleditsia Triacanthos, Liriodendron Tulipifera, Pinus Rigida, Carpinus Caroliniana, Quercus Rubra,Carya Laciniosa, Carya Ovata. The hornbeam may be different depending if it is hophornbeam which the American variety is Ostrya virginiana Hope that helps.
Thanks for the great video. I live in southern Ontario, and we share alot of trees and plants with your area. You always mention "Eastern woodlands" I know you are in southern Ohio, but where would you consider the borders for Eastern Woodlands? Thx for the videos.
Very interesting. I was asking someone at our river in BC Canada what the trees were. They were all the same type. Now I know they are river birch. Thank you so much. God bless you.
trying to remember my dad's talks , but i think the tulip poplar he use to call "whistle wood" . said at right age , the bark could be tapped on and it release from inner wood , cut out and slid back in to make whistle . just a story from memory . maybe you have an idea as well , dave , but i think its iron wood here , new york , the bark turns fine shaggy when grows past , i'm guessing , about 6-7 " . still draws chainsaw sparks for sure ; HARD
Thanks brother, The sassafras, is the best for making a fire 🔥 in a thunderstorm, grab the dry branches that are still on the tree, the coating prevents water from getting in, wipe off with rag break it, like putting gas on fire, also for smoking meat cooking burgers taste so good, the tea is awesome
I do believe I have stumbled upon Father Nature. I've literally spent the past 3 hours watching your videos. Wealth of knowledge, great for anyone interested in the outdoors.
River birch also has straight branches that are very strong, rot resistant, and make excellent walking sticks and hiking staffs for navigating the woods and avoiding snakes in wetland areas. My personal hiking staff and snake stick for Search and Rescue work is from a Birch Branch that was trimmed by the park service and left in piles on the ground. It’s incredibly strong and yet light. Great wood!
Dave. you should come out with a book on trees. I would definitely buy it.
Dave, I hope you never give up teaching.
"Old school video!!" Great job Dave. Even your shirt is "old-school Dave." I really appreciate all your videos, and your store, but have to admit, the older stuff is some of my favorite. Thanks for posting. Look forward to a follow up should you get enough positive feedback..
Mr. Canturbury,
I've been brought up and raised on a SC farm all of my adolescent years and most of my adult years. I've learned more from you in this one video than I have my entire life. It would be helpful to tell us how you identify the tree species and properties during the winter months. To me, things look very differently than they look in the other times of the year.
Until then, Don't ever stop instructing, you are simply one of the best. ~Cheers~
Hiking in South Eastern Ohio today and made some Sassafras tea while I was out. Wondered what else to look for and here's your video! Good timing - love to see what else there is around us to use. Thanks!
Very Informative video Dave, being in the Eastern woodlands myself, I would really appreciate more videos on the trees of the region, we are blessed with the variety and different uses so this is important information to pass on...
Thanks!!!!
White Pine ....How many needles = 5. How many letters in White=5
White Oak vs Red Oak. This was taught to me years ago and take it for what it is worth. When the White man came to North America he hunted with round bullets, while the Red Man (Native Americans) hunted with pointed arrows. White = round Red = Pointed.
the tulip tree is actually a magnolia, pretty cool. iron wood I see them around here, and I love the sassafras tree I have a bunch growing in my yard. it smells so good. it is in the laurel family. trees are one of my loves, we have a full sized black gum, I did not know that until a tree guy came to give us a quote on cutting it down, so we kept it, thought it was some kind of cherry and I hate the wild cherry as they constanly have rotten wood while it is growing at the same time.we had a large cherry fall over during a storm. that would be leaflets, I have hickory but the one I have I think it is either a shellbark hickory or butter nut, not sure.
Hi,
The river birch also makes a good toothpick as it smells like mint and freshens the breath. I collect the sap and twigs every year and brew alcoholic birch beer too. I have been told the sap is very high in vitamin C as well. It runs right when maple sap ends and to collect some all you need to do it cut a small branch and it drips right out.
Dave, I took my average steel bow saw and cut the tubing with a pipe cutter. I managed to fit inside the tube a small file, fero rod, steel wool, cordage, and some char cloth. I ground down a steel plug to fit in between the sections to reassemble it. I think you should sell something like that. I like that you can use the bow frame as your bow drill with the cordage. Sharpen and clean with the steel wool. Very multi purpose. Thx brother.
This is one of my favorite video's Dave has made. Wonderful information. Thanks and would love to see another in this series. This is an area of bushcraft that I'm getting into and just asked a friend with a forestry phd to recommend some books on identification as well as wild edibles. He was able to provide many source one of the best being a book produced by the Extension Service in the state of Mississippi which is very specific.
I just want to add Dave, white pine makes a great fire board for the hand drill and bow drill as well. I personally use mullein on white pine for my bow drill.
keep em comin dave great info you are making me miss ohio i grew up in new lebanon outside of dayton, now im in southern mississippi on the coast.
These are some of my favorite videos to watch on UA-cam!!!
I love walking through woods and identifying 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴
Holy crap. You know SO much! I’ve watched your channel for a long time now and every video is FULL of knowledge but dang! This video is just CRAM PACKED FULL of information. I don’t think I’ll ever know as much as you do
Dave, I would pay a monthly subscription to learn all of the things you know on these youtube videos. I thank you for all the information you put out bro. I truly respect what you do.
Dave, I would be greatful if you would teach us a little about what can be done with Ceder, Yellow pine and the Sweetgum tree. Other than oaks, thats what is in my area. Around here Pine and Ceder are the big dawgs when it comes to getting a fire fast or when its wet.Thanks for teaching about trees, its a huge help !
I appreciate this video. I'm from northern Michigan, but now that I am in central Michigan the trees are all different and very similar, it seems, to those in Ohio. I knew most of these trees, but you taught be some easy ways to identify the new trees that I am seeing. Thanks Dave!
please make more. these kinds of videos are my favorite and I usually end up watching them three to five times each.
I love these tree identification videos! I'm still fairly new to choosing which tree's are best for certain tasks. I'd like to see a video on how to identify trees in the winter months.
Hey Dave I would love it if you made a book about trees and plants that was simple and to the point like ID, what it is good for, and where it grows. something like that would be great for your web site as well.What do you think? Keep up the good work!
great video! first thing I noticed though was at 2 minutes in you were making your tinder pile with your hand two inches from poison ivy. Yikes!
I learned a lot about trees during my land surveying days but always learn something knew from Dave. Land surveying is an occupation I highly recommend if anyone is looking for a trade to get into. Technology has changed it a lot but it used to be a lot of fun interesting stuff. I've learned a lot from you Dave, appreciate your content and passing on knowledge.
Thank you for posting this Dave. I see these trees in my backyard everyday and I had no idea what some of them are nor what they can be used for.
This is a GREAT video, Dave! Thanks for sharing the information! I'm amazed at how much different the forest is in Ohio versus the Beech-Maple forest of Western New York State where I grew up! Since we didn't have hickory trees in that part of N.Y. state, we looked for squirrels where there were a lot of beech trees (and beech nuts).
Nicely done Dave. I live in Western NC and the biodiversity here is astounding. Right up my alley. Can't wait for more.
Another fantastic video Dave... Always learning something from your shows and channel
There's a lot of ground cedar in the background on the forest floor when you were burning the pine resin. They look like miniature pine trees, but they are actually in the club moss family. The sprawling roots make a decent cordage. It's not the best, but it's good enough for light duty tasks.
Good video. Those are the best 'must-know' trees for the area, especially the tulip poplar! Fire, cordage, medicine, baskets, and it's easy to carve the wood - even with a sharp rock.
In the interest of knowledge, I have two corrections based on my experience... the Hornbeam and Red Oak.
Hop Hornbeam does float, though many woods called 'Ironwood' don't. Also I'm pretty sure Persimmon wood is a little harder and more dense, not by much though.
Red Oak, like you said, has more tannin than White Oak, that means that it is actually BETTER than White Oak for medicinal uses needing tannic acid. Well, STRONGER anyway, but I have used it myself for an astringent skin wash with good results.
Take care and thanks for the videos!
Great info. Sibley's book on trees is excellent too. I would certainly like more videos like this.
Please keep going Dave make more of these tree and plant videos
Best vid iv seen on identification of trees.
There is a line that runs through Nebraska kansas oklahoma and texas there during summer you can see from orbital photos a eastern green and western yellow/dry line. Pretty much anything on that line or east is what eastern woodlands would be considered. But alot of those trees still thrive west of that divide as well. Im from central oklahoma and now live in south central kansas the vast majority of the trees mentioned are here.some the wetland trees seem to be the only difference. Birch mainly
Please do another video on trees! Awesome!!
Glad for the info on usefulness on Honey Locus , but they are the thorns are also terrible to get stuck with and slightly poisonous . Thorns will go right through any soft or thin soles . Great fire wood for producing heat in wood stoves. Like hedge. But stacked honey locus will soon be bored up like hickory.
I am just about 100 miles to far West for any of the Poplar trees, also. I did just discover by accident that Sycamore tree bark, is similar for fire starting.
older than dirt, stuck in the down state of Chicago :- (
Every informative David.
Yes we could all use more videos like this one. Thanks for taking the time.
The shag bark Hickory bark looks like it would be very good for fire starting. I was also amazed when you pointed out that the ironwood does not float.
Please show us in a future video how you are able to get to the meat of a hickory nut. I assume you use a jewelers loupe and diamond cutter.
Great video Dave. I agree that trees are often overlooked for anything other than construction materials. I hope you do another one of these identification videos. Some other useful trees you should include are the wild or black cherry, hackberry, cedar, and Osage orange if it's in your area.
Great info! I know most these trees but not their medicinal, nor best uses. So this was very helpful! Thank you! Living in FL where tree ID gets real interesting!
New student here sir, thank you for your inspiration and passion for learning!
Thank you sharing your knowledge of the eastern woodlands with us Dave we might have to hit the woods at anytime we need this training in order to survive it.Thank you very much brother.
Great video Dave!!!
Tree identification (and use) is something I've very much wanted to learn.
Please make more like this!
Also, I'd love to see a video about the practice of "Forest Gardening" and how it can be adapted to the eastern woodlands such as the Adirondack mountains.
In case you're unaware of this "Forest Gardening" is a practice of South American jungle tribes where they would plant an Aries just prior to leaving it or about 2 years before they planned to move the village and let the food plants grow wild and flourish until it was time to move the village from a depleted Area (before they destroyed it's soil viability) and have a ready and thriving food supply waiting for them when they got there.
Fascinating stuff.
I can see many advantages to planting a variety of wild growing edibles in close proximity to one another in a way that looks naturally occurring to the untrained eye.
I mention it here because I think nut trees are a prime candidate.
Thank you for the knowledge Dave, love these type of videos. Please post more like this when you can. Thanks again!!
my granddaddy loved finding a downed iron wood tree for fire wood. never saw him make a bow outta one but I might have to try that myself!
Great video, Dave. Tree identification is something I have always put off learning about. Books on trees just never really held my attention for very long because they rarely get into the practical applications (medicinal/tool making) of knowing my trees. You've inspired me to dust off that old Peterson's Field Guide. Thanks.
Great video Dave. Any chance you can find time to make the part 2 you mentioned?
Great video Dave, a lot of very useful info. Its alway good to brush up on knowing the trees and there uses. i always learn something every time i watch one of your videos. You the man
Hop hornbeam is crazy hard but Osage Orange or hedge apple is harder by a little. Makes great tool handles.
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I would really appreciate more videos like this if you enjoy making them.
This was so educational, I feel like this is they type of stuff I missed out on in our indoctrination camp of a school system
Keep the knowledge comin!
Thank you. That was interesting and very informative. You listed the identifying characteristics which a person must know in order to recognize the species. Best of all, you list several characteristics and uses for each that make them important plants to help folks be successful in the woods.
WOW thanks Dave, this video compliments my tree book and some of the knowledge I’m passing down to my daughter. We went out to get wild leaks today and talked about trees on our hike.
Cant believe 19 people are showing disdain to this man sharing his knowledge,jeez!
Hi Dave When teaching my kids oaks trees. To remember in the old days white men shot bullets which was round on the end, white oak=round leafs. The Indians(red man) shot arrows which were pointed, red oak=pointed leafs. Also the Tulip or "our sylvester tree" was remembered by the shape of the leaf looks like looney tune character Sylvester the cats face outline and sylvester has two lips (Tulip). Thanks for your time and vids. I have classes around the computer with your vids with my kids. TC
Great video. This information would be great in book form as an addition to your common man survival manual.
Excellent video! Great knowledge to have out in woods. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm on the outdoors!
Great lesson Dave. White pine inner bark can also be chewed for emergency nutrients. You can brew a great tea from the root(s) of small sassafras trees. Boil the roots for ten minutes and sweeten with honey or sugar (root beer). The tree is listed as a carcinogen but my understanding is you would have to drink many gallons of the tea to be affected.
John Gandy here. Somehow I had missed this video before. I really wish I had found it a month ago. Even so it helps me out a lot. I have been wondering what the hornbeam was. I have several of them here. I really do hope you do a follow up video for this one. Also watched the steam bending video. Not exactly what I needed but still helpful. And possibly very helpful in the future. Thank you Dave.
one of my favorite videos of all times. great job man. i look forward to the second part. here in VA we have all those trees you spoke of, but i wasnt aware of the different medicinal benefits of some of them. so thanks for sharing.
by the small size of the trees, it looks like the property has been timbered in the somewhat recent past.
Nice vid-- I mostly have pin oak and red maple in my neck of the woods. I do have a smattering of aspens and cottonwood too. Nice to learn about trees I don't have and may need to import.
Thank you for your videos. Nova Scotia viewer.
thanks dave been wanting to learn about the eastern trees and there uses very in formative
Horn beam leaves were not presented. You did a good job in the balance of your presentation. Do more. It is very educational. Thank you.
Sassafras is also a blood thinner, so if you drink some sassafras tea to help your upset stomach, don't drink a bunch of it. I'm outside of Athens, Ohio on our 30 acres that I'm super-thankful for, and I totally understand how amazing it is to have all this biodiversity! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us. The Lord sure has blessed you in a lot of ways! I'm thankful. - Smiles Welch
I really enjoyed this vid. I would love to see you do a series like this identifying other trees as well as other plants and maybe different fungus types and their uses. Thanks and God bless you brother.
thanks Dave! My wife and I will go tree hunting ASAP. Keep on rockin!
Good video! You covered a lot of trees thanks for taking time to walk through the woods. It good to share and learn from each other. Will you be making another video with demos on gathering and making bow drills with the different trees?
Awesome video dave! Would love to see more tree identification videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
thanks for posting! I you answered alot of questions i had concerning the trees in my area that all the books i have don't really go into.Thanks again!
YES! The video is very informative. Please make more tree videos like this.
Love Your Videos New And Old Bud, Hope Your Having A Fun Somewhere Right Now,
I really appreciate this vid man. I knew alot of that but learnt alot as well, since we dont have all the same trees. I used white ash for the bow i made and it works very well. I have been told that the natives used the ash around here for bow staves, tho they used others as well. I tried making a maple bow, tho didnt get much luck with it.The band aid trick with the pine was cool. Dave thanks for sharing as always you teach us alot. thanks for sharing bro
What an amazing video. Thank you so much for taking the time to present this to us. I can't get over how much great info is in this video. Liked and favorited.
First I have seen of your videos - subscribed automatically!
To know a tree over decades and use it many ways to know it as a friend to love it as it is to really know a tree is to know it's nature🤠
Excellent series Dave, more please!
Hey there, been watching through a number of your videos and I honestly love them, I am planning to have this kind of lifestyle later in life, just curious, but is there any chance you guys could do a video on making knives or tools through natural means if you haven't already, that would be perfect, thanks! keep up the good work!
Dave...very good series...can't wait for more parts! This is great information.
I love sassafras.I'd like to see how long the list is of things that are said to cause cancer.Great video Dave,thanks.
Hey Dave, thanks for the great videos! I hope that once the buds harden you'll make another showing us dendro ID without leaves. After all, when you need them you probably wont have any leaves (except under the snow (beech/oak excluded)), especially here in the north east. Love the additional medicinal info here!
Also, I believe you may have misspoke regarding Hophornbeam & hornbeam, they are in fact in the Birch (Betulaceae) family.
Keep 'em coming!
no dave i live in southeast michigan around detroit now will all of these be in that area
0:59 River birch
3:25 Willow
6:27 Quaking aspen
7:37 Sassafras
9:32 Pine
Great video! One piece of advice is to point out the poison ivy. I saw a lot of it in your video.
Honey Locust trees are also an excellent replacement for African Acacia Trees for Giraffes and Elephants in American captivity.
That was a really informative video. I would like to hear you mention how hard it is to carve or cut iron wood. Definetly eats up chain saw blades. Also which Hickory us used in smoking meats?
In order of appearance-Betula Nigra,Salix Nigra, Populous Tremuloides, Sassafras Albidum, Pinus Strobus, Quercus Alba, Gleditsia Triacanthos, Liriodendron Tulipifera, Pinus Rigida, Carpinus Caroliniana, Quercus Rubra,Carya Laciniosa, Carya Ovata. The hornbeam may be different depending if it is hophornbeam which the American variety is Ostrya virginiana Hope that helps.
Sassafrass is NOT recommended for people with high blood pressure. Also, the dried, powdered leaves are called filé, used to flavor Gumbo.
Great video Dave. I would love to see more like this. Keep up the good work brother!
I fully support this series of videos
Thanks for the great video. I live in southern Ontario, and we share alot of trees and plants with your area. You always mention "Eastern woodlands" I know you are in southern Ohio, but where would you consider the borders for Eastern Woodlands? Thx for the videos.
Very interesting. I was asking someone at our river in BC Canada what the trees were. They were all the same type. Now I know they are river birch. Thank you so much. God bless you.
Eastern woods tree identifier segment big hit with that's a extra useful info. kit for my Outland packet
Thanks for the info Dave. Really enjoyed the vid brother. Take care...Rod
great vid opens up a whole new world when out in the forest. thnx for sharing.!!!
trying to remember my dad's talks , but i think the tulip poplar he use to call "whistle wood" . said at right age , the bark could be tapped on and it release from inner wood , cut out and slid back in to make whistle . just a story from memory .
maybe you have an idea as well , dave , but i think its iron wood here , new york , the bark turns fine shaggy when grows past , i'm guessing , about 6-7 " . still draws chainsaw sparks for sure ; HARD
More please, Dave!
That looks like a great ferrocerium rod, what kind is it?