Tree IDing, Super cool fun time! (Black Walnut)

[ISKski]

I found this book in my house recently and have been out trying to identify trees a few times, Its really an interesting thing to do, now that i have been able to learn about some of the trees I've see around here my bush-crafting and "survival" skills have increased greatly... thumbing through the book i came across some tree i recognized from around the corner, the squirrels are always going nuts (lol no pun intended) over there..i went over there this afternoon to test my hypothesis (which was to see if the tree i thought i knew what it was, matched the one in the book) and guess what it was..Black walnut! a very nice specimen indeed!.. and just the other day my girlfriend ID'd several wild plum trees... I've got like 6 or so new trees that i've got memorized that all have really great and very unique uses which is really awesome.. here are the pics! I would def say this was a positive ID - even the blackish dye can be seen left on my hands from opening the husk...

Feel free to add any pictures of recent plant life edible and non edible alike flora and fauna that you've recently ID'd

 

[crossada]

Good stuff.

My Lamey has a black walnut handle.

 

[jacksterp]

IDing things in nature is always fun. Walnuts are tasty - don't know if I've ever tasted a black one?

 

[abo4ster]

Very cool that you are getting into IDing trees. Hope I am not hijacking the thread, but I made two videos on the subject that may help.

First video is about simple patterns that will help categorize trees which does two things, 1. gets you started in using a field guide, and 2. by categorizing it helps you memorize what you are learning.

Second video is on how to use a field guide. There are many great field ID guides out there, reason I use a Peterson's is it is one of the most popular and covers a large geography. Eastern and Western version are also setup the same.

[video=youtube;6_GIHFED6a4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_GIHFED6a4&feature=relmfu[/video]

[video=youtube;kUNpfz-38OI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUNpfz-38OI&feature=channel_video_title[/video]