Woodworking with a WEIRD Fruit Tree | Oklahoma's Osage Orange | Justinthetrees US Tree Map
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2023
- I'm carving a map of the United States where each state is made out of wood from a uniquely important and interesting tree native to that state!
For episode 13 it's one of the most highly requested trees in the history of my video making career: the Osage Orange!
Watch and learn all about this absolutely fascinating tree, its weird fruit, and its super hard wood!
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Reminder, the only rules for which species of trees I choose for each state are: the tree must be native to the state (no introduced species at all), and no trees that were featured on the official state tree map!
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Not the Lorax we asked for, but the Lorax we needed. I feel so educated
What about me 😢😢😢
@@Daddy_Lorax_42069What about you??
@@berhonkusbardledoo Im the lorax, im the original😭and now people are trying to replace me 😢
@@Daddy_Lorax_42069 sir, they can also speak for the trees
I don't know about this, but doesn't the LORAX DESIRE TREES TO NOT BE CUT DOWN
A local park here in Ohio has a segment of hiking trail called the Osage Orange Tunnel. It was formed from Osage Orange trees that were originally planted as a fence line. They have since curved over to form a kind of "tunnel", and an aesthetically pleasing spot to walk.
that sounds beautiful!!!!!!
Cool!!!
Yes, I walk the trail almost every Saturday! One of my favorites!
I lived in Ohio!
That is awesome.
As an Oklahoman, a woodworker, and a lover of osage orange, you could not have picked a more perfectly representative tree for our state. It ages to a rich beautiful honey color and the buried part of really old posts are a beautiful green that makes great handles of all kinds. Thanks for such a great pick!!
Over the next months that bright yellow will oxidize and go to a warm 'orange' color. It would be interesting to document how long it takes, it's slow enough to be subtle, but one day in six months you'll be kinda shocked how much it's changed. I believe it's distantly related to other citrus trees and I think the sawdust/chips were used for yellow dyes. Love these series, btw.
It's been 7 months, I'm curious to see an updated pic of it now!
Idk if you will read this but you should make the us territory’s like Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands
I make metal jewelry, not wood carvings, but i felt it in my soul when the saw bent. I swear, I break at least ten for any given project. My heart goes out to you, and to your saw blade.
Another name for this tree is Bois D’arc. We have fences on our farm that are made of Osage Orange posts. The posts were set over 110 years ago and still super strong.
I've never heard "Osage Orange" said aloud in Texas. It's always Bois d'arc; always pronounced and often spelled "bodark"
Interesting, that means bow wood in french. The Osage really carried this tree's reputation.
Love the Osage orange tree! One of the first woodworking projects I did was an Osage orange bow with my dad inspired from a bow my great grandmother had.
It is also known as “ Bodark”. It has been used as a fence post for a very long time !
we got a load of those on our property in northeastern Oklahoma. i recognized the fruit almost immediately. we would go camping on our property all the time and there would be thousands of those dang fruits everywhere. (i commented early but there were so many errors i just gave up and restarted)
edit: we would always call them horse apples, pretty sure you listed that in their common names
horse apples mean something else where i'm... not nearly as... fruity... but a lot more tooty!
Yeah, e called them hedge or horse apples. Because horses will eat them. And they're found all along the hedges!
In SW 580 we use them for throwing at our siblings since we arent graced with snow all too often :D
It's also common in the NE, but the American Mountain Ash (Rowan) is found in northern MN and has gorgeous heart/sapwood contrast. It also has clusters of neon-red fruit and it's in the rose family, so the wood smells amazing, like blossoms, spice, and fresh ginger. It runs on the small side and is around 1700-1900 janka, similar to apple but with lighter/more varied heartwood.
This was an awesome video! The Osage Orange wood is so vibrant and entrancing! I love it!
Perhaps for my homestate of Georgia you could do the Persimmon or Franklin Tree? I find the trees very interesting, and Persimmon fruits are very delicious!
Oooh persimmon tree would be amazing!!
DEF planning on persimmon making it onto this map if I can find a good piece! (Also a VERY hard wood!)
@@JustinthetreesAwesome! :D That would be so cool!
I live in northern Ohio and i have managed to fill my garage with this amazing wood. Gold Color still gets me each time, its awesome to go walking on a trail and end up finding natural deadfall osage orange limbs!
"Horse high, bull strong, and pig tight." I love it. >XD 3:13
With every one of these new videos I get even more excited to see what Iowa is going to be. We were already the only bur oak! (Some trees I don’t remember seeing yet I’d love to: the Northern Pin Oak, Hackberry or Shagbark Hickory) Every state has been beautiful!!
For Texas could you try for a Texas Mountain Laural? It’s a very interesting tree that grows naturally around most of Texas, beautiful flowers too!
You should do the Kentucky Coffeetree for Nebraska, it grows along the Missouri River and is beautiful.
Already did the tree for KY
What a clever video series Justin. I imagine at some point you'll make tree maps of other countries, which I am looking forward to watching.
Keep up the great work!!
As an Oklahoman I quite enjoy these trees, I do live in its native range and it’s known as a bodark tree with bodark apples here locally, it’s not commonly eaten by humans but horses and cows like them, the wood is also historically used as fence posts as the wood is known to be extremely rot resistant… you can still see fences that are a hundred old that are still standing
ive got an idea for 'whats in that pile'!! maybe you could make a chair out of all the different kinds of wood in the pile. i always see you sitting in front of the pile when sanding and thought, a chair would be pretty good. could be a good challange for you and good content for us! keep up the amazing work man
Finally, content that father lorax can get behind.
WAIT A SECOND, THIS GUY CHOPPED DOWN A PIECE OF A TREE 😰😰😰😰😰
@@dropkickthedecepticon4009 Alright, i might have mercy on his mortal soul. But if he destroys an entire ecosystem like that godforsaken ‘onceler’ then i will have to punish him for his treasonous crimes.
@@Daddy_Lorax_42069 I do believe in the long run he is saving more trees, by spreading this pro life (tree life) content we have a higher appreciation for said trees. The sacrifice of a few trees is worth the trees he is saving.
@@cameronsaint116 I guess father lorax is apprehensive of the idea of carving trees. father lorax understands where your coming from, he thanks you for your mortal insight
@@Daddy_Lorax_42069he gets most if not all of his wood from trees that already died
@@Daddy_Lorax_42069you mean tree-sonous?
From the old farmers back there, "A black locust fence post will wear out one fence post hole. An Osage Orange fence post will wear out 2 fence post holes." Much of the early spread of this tree came from the wagon train people who planted it as they traveled westward. It made excellent spokes for the wagon wheels. Also known as Bodark, which is American for bois d' arc' meaning bow wood. I did have a young woman at a craft show tell me about its use as a dye. She showed me a skirt that was colored from the tree. The wood does go dark amber as it ages, and does not keep that bright orange color. It is almost as hard as the mountain mahogany/cercocarpus.
I always get so excited for your uploads! Thanks to you I'm constantly scanning conifers in my neighborhood for green cones, and I have a couple of batches of mugolio started, one white pine, one red pine.
Love your vids and you’ve taught me so much about natures beauty
FTC,LTW: I honestly never knew I needed this video until today. Much love. I grew up with my dad woodworking with Osage orange most of my childhood, this is amazing. It would be interesting to see how the color darkens as it ages.
The wood from this tree can be cropped when grown in order to turn it into regenerative firewood. It's also great for things like pipes, golf clubs, and hunting calls. Love this tree!
I'm so glad with your success you were able to invest back into your hobby and upgrade to a scroll saw, the added detail you're getting from it this time around is so nice
I know you've already done Arizona twice, but i did want to mention one of my favorite trees, The Ironwood Tree. This bad boy is the densest wood I've ever come across and has a beautiful look to it.
I have an older gentleman that lives near me that has been making handcrafted osage orange bows for nearly 30 years. Its an amazing art form
Osage orange inlaid into walnut is super pretty. Did it on an urn and I’ve been looking for some reason to try it again.
Woooo, the Osage Orange! So excited to see you do this one!!!
I’m from West Virginia and we have an amazing fruit tree here called the Paw Paw. Can’t wait to see my state on the map! Love your work!
Loving the long form videos! Keep it up please!
I’d really like to see either Tamarack or Balsam Fir for Maine. Tamarack to me has a prettier grain, but Balsam Fir is also an amazing tree that I’d be happy to see on the map.
Yay for a new video!
In my last comment I mentioned filbert (hazelnut) wood for Oregon, but one tree that is super special to my home state is the Myrtlewood. Its beautiful and found only in Oregon and northern California as far as I am aware.
Lots of hedge in northwest Missouri. Until recently I thought it was only good for fence posts and firewood. But I've grown to love it.
i already love this state map, its so colorful and unique, theres quite literally a cactus skeleton here. I'm so excited to see the fully finished map!!
I live in east texas; and have a large bois -d’erc tree in my yard,
The idea came to me you should do another wood maple using woods to represent their natural range!
I knew I would find it in Oklahoma! I have a book called native trees for the American landscape, and I loved learning more about my favorite. Especially since it seems a lot of people don’t actually know it very well with the authors of the book mention that you didn’t cover was that, the wood is strong enough that you don’t need to bother with corrective, pruning or shaping when there’s a less than ideal branch angle. Even for trees that are close to your house. They don’t break and they don’t rot. So sexy. If I ever build an outdoor kiln, this would be wonderful to try as fuel.
I so desperately want one, even though I live in an apartment. I am resolved to order seeds and start a bonsai version. It seems the only way. I didn’t think they grew in Southern Minnesota, where I live presently. I’m grateful to know they are somewhere in the state. I’m gonna make some calls.
I’d love it if you made an even longer Osage orange feature. Thank you and please continue!😊
My family is from NW Ohio and my great grandmother always had about 15 of those fruits (she called them monkey brains) scattered around the corners of her unfinished basement to keep the centipedes/spiders down. I can't say for sure that it's effective but it sure seems to be! And they don't really rot in cool/dry places, they just sort of shrivel and dry over the course of months.
This second map is so pleasing to look at and it's only just beginning!
I was terrified of Osage oranges as a kid because I thought they might be poisonous--but they smell amazing!
It'd be super cool if you could use mangrove wood for Florida! I'm not too familiar with Florida's other native trees but the mangrove is an interesting one at least
I had one of these in the front yard of my childhood homes. Such a beautiful tree
Dude, your skill at cutting those to shape is unreal.
Loving the color variation so far! Are you planning on doing another livestream?
Sometime! It's hard to find the momentum to lug my entire setup into the garage, haha, but hope to get one going this or next week
South central Oklahoman here and I know it as a horse apple tree. We were always told they were toxic as kids, but I’m so happy to know now it’s perfectly safe!
As a proud north Carolinian, I WANT YOU DO PLEASE DO NORTH CAROLINA!
I love the bois d’arc trees with their horse apples, they make good bows because the wood bends easily.
My grandpa’s old property was a farm older than the war of Bleeding Kansas, a.k.a. the prelude to the civil war. It had a fence line with 12 by 12 hedge posts that were still tougher than nails even though they were half hallow. The worst chore I ever helped with was reattaching the barbed wire to one of them with nothing but a fence staples, a hammer, and a dream.
loved this video!!!
Love Osage Orange. great knife handle material.
I love the structure of your vid’s while making something awesome you’re teaching us history and uses
Stunning!
BLESSED DAY, NEW JUSTINTREES VID
I'm so stoked to see what your alternate tree is for California. I hope your consider the blue oak. A lovely endemic tree that grows in a range like a bathtub ring around the Central Valley.
Don't always catch all the vids but great work and so informative
What a perfect video to wake up to 😌
Also the colour is so prettyyyy 😭🧡💛🧡💛
I’ve seen this tree growing in NSW Australia as an introduced weed, it’s a cool looking tree and beautiful yellow wood
There’s a tree in my grandmas yard that I found fascinating. It is called a sweetleaf or horsesugar and it is very hard to find any info online about the tree or the wood. I cut off a limb and used it to make a lovely honey dipper. I think it would be cool for you to make a video about this tree
Gosh that's such a pretty yellow color, it almost looks painted! Beautiful
So great. I want the map when you’re done!! It’s an amazing idea and executed even better!
No mention in the video of the name I knew it by first:bois d'arc. My house in Dallas, built in 1919, sat on posts of this wood. After attempting to use pecan wood logs in the ground to hold an anvil and having them punk out, I called a local tree service to ask if I could get a bois d'arc log or branch in the process of they're doing trimming. About two weeks later they notified me that they had a 10 foot piece. I drove over and selected a 6 foot section which they cut and loaded in my vehicle. When I got home I struggled to handle it with a 300 pound capable handtruck on my gravel driveway.After attempting to trim it, I dug the hole deeper. It was still in place and sound ten yers later when I moved out in 2020.
We have them in Illinois too but we call them hedge apples. People used to lay them around the outside of their house's foundation to keep mice out during the winter.
If you can get any large enough for your map, lilac is extremely hard (2,350), can be highly figured, has very interesting coloration (lavender), and (I think) smells like pickles when cut. Of course it’s not native to the Americas, but grows well in temperate climates. I collected and milled a bunch of large root ball sections and can’t wait to start making things once it is dry. I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
i made a salt cellar out of osage orange. it is very very hard but the cellar has a nice ring pattern on the top and the wood is such a striking color!
!!! i saw this fruit all the time as a kid in my neighbor's field edge, thanks for letting me know what it was!
God I love these videos, I always look forward to them
Well, that solved a mystery for me! An office once worked at had these outside. I mostly remember the bizarre fruit.
Osage Orange is also called Bodark (Bois d'Arc), coming from its use as a flexible yet sturdy material for bows!
Edit: thank you for mentioning this in the video!
My family farm has a lot of hedgerows. Growing up we had a hedgerow along the road in front of the house with a driveway flanked by two massive black walnut trees, they had to cut it all down when they paved the road :(
They have also been heavily used in soil stabilization and snow blocks along midwest freeways. Easy to grow, spiny branches they show promise as deer/elk barriers.
I don’t know if you have done a video on it yet but you should try to get a hold of some pawpaw wood and fruit! It is a tree that produces the largest edible fruit native to North America. Although the fruit might be hard to get because I hear they go bad quickly hence why they aren’t seen in stores really :/
Also your videos are really fun and relaxing to come home to after a long day at work lol. Thank you for all the content you produce and all the fun information you provide!
Pacific Yews, Jordans, or Giant Cedars native to Idaho grow to be really neat. I'm specifically interested in the berries of Yews and I'm at the time of this comment studying their poisonous acids in my Arboreal Studies class. I actually found your channel while in this class and it's been awesome learning from you instead of reading a bunch of articles. Keep on keeping on, man.
I don’t know if you’ve done this wood yet, but here in my Louisiana home town and the neighboring areas, there are pecan trees for miles in practically every direction! It’s a great hard wood, harder than walnut! Although, they are pretty sketchy, as they notoriously drop large limbs during big storms. But that means free pecan wood pretty regularly! Not sure if this is the right tree for louisiana, but it would be very cool to see! Love you’re videos, they bring happiness every time i see one!
We have these lining the road at the front end of our property. It is one of the hardest woods I’ve cur on our property.
Very informative keep up the good work 👍
Oregon Please! Maybe consider the Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine. Thanks very much for all of your awesome videos!
Just thought I'd pop my head and say... you're brilliant.
Let’s see vermont! Love this series
Bald cypress for Florida!!! 🙌 one of my favorites that grows here in the Orlando area - it’s very characteristic of the native swamps
This might be the most beautiful piece of wood on either map. The color aside, it also has good grain that would be a nice piece of wood anyways, but when you combine it with its incandescent bulb yellow, it's in my opinion the best wood so far. But, there are 37 states left to surpass it, and hopefully something does.
Growing up in southern Kansas those lined the property of our field. Always called them hedge apples.
Thx for using such a pretty native tree for my home state! And idk about other's but we always called the fruit horse apples
We call these Hedgeapples in the KC area of Missouri!
We call them hedge apples here and my back yard is currently covered in the fruits. It is always alarming to be outside when one falls from the tree and crashes through the woods.
I live in Bulgaria and our parks are packed full with that tree.
Thanks for the video. I have only known this fruit as horse apple. It is nice to learn that it has other names.
Madrone for California. Awesome hardwood. Very interesting
Lived on a street named Osage in Maryland, and naturally, we had a couple Osage Oranges nearby
Strangler Fig is my personal choice for a Florida tree, for wacky Florida reasons, but also because it's one of the coolest trees I can think of. Learning about its real-life body snatcher tendencies was horribly frightening for my younger self, but they're so easy to climb, that I couldn't stay away.
Sea Grape is another great tree that I have a few fond memories of, and no knowledge about.
Mangrove is a nice minecraft reference, having it in, like, Louisiana or Florida wouldn't be amiss.
The coconut song lists lots of handy uses for the coconut tree.
afaik there's, like, a single kapok tree in the Florida keys, which is funny.
We have a bunch of those around a place we call the indian bluffs because it still has the red paintings from the mound builder era
First like! And view. I love your content. It’s so chill. Keep up the epic content :)
the color reminds me of turmeric! It’s a gorgeous piece of wood!
I have recently taken interest in the mountain mahoghany in Idaho. Went and salvaged some a while ago. Very strong wood and would make an interesting story.
I live in NY and me and my friends would throw the fruits at each other at middle school. Only found out what it was when my mom (a gardener) had done some digging with the parks department. I love this weird tree so much
Omg thank you! As someone who lives in Oklahoma this made my day.
I love learning about all these trees native to NA
I hope you do other continents eventually!
Absolutely love Osage orange
Hey! Please do Minnesota out of the Jack Pine!