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Breeze · 27-05-2020, 09:25 PM

Hi Stewart - I do believe that's it, it's elder!!

Thank you so much; I took a look online and it seems to be that. It appears this is a young stem; I managed to find some images that match the look.

Pity about not being strong enough for a good walking stick!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley

On 27/05/2020 07:46, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 26 May 2020 18:23:03 +0100, Breeze
EMOVE wrote:

Hello to all, I posted two years ago about another tree identification
and you were all wonderful! You identified the tree I had seen and I was
so happy to learn something new.

I have another mystery (to me). In my local woods I found a section of
broken branch and I brought it home in hopes of making a hiking stick
from it.

snipped details

I have posted the image he
http://tinyurl.com/y7xb7olq

I don't know the answer, but if it has a soft milky white core, that
suggests to me it's not a woody tree as such but possibly a fast
growing shrub or perennial.

Try Sambucus nigra (elder, elderberry), which is soft-cored, and whose
young branches look rather like this.

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SRH