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WOODY PLANTS USEFUL FOR CONSTRUCTING BOWS AND ARROWS List of woody plants useful for making bows and arrows (an ^ indicates those woods considered to make the highest-quality arrows and bows). Arrows Amelanchier arborea/laevis (serviceberry) Arundinaria gigantea (wild cane) ^Betula spp. (birch) Cornus spp. (dogwood) Ilex opaca (American holly) ^Quercus spp. (oak) ^Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) ^Rosa spp. (rose) ^Salix spp. (willow) ^Ulmus spp. (elm) Viburnum spp. (haw) Bows Arundinaria gigantea (wild cane) Carya spp. (hickory) Corylus americana (hazelnut) Fraxinus americana (white ash) Juglans nigra (black walnut) ^Juniperus virginiana (red-cedar) ^Maclura pomifera (osage-orange) Malus spp. (apple, crabapple) Pinus spp. (pine) Quercus spp. (oak) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) ^Taxus canadensis (yew) Ulmus spp. (elm) ( APPENDIX V 131 ...

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