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Tiro

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You should probably just learn to identify a couple of good, common species and stick with them unless you are into experimenting. Not all hardwoods make good bows. Hardness of the wood isn't a very reliable indicator of the performance of a bow from which it is made. The properties you are more interested in are its strength in compression and tension, among others, but those two are the biggest. Learn to identify oaks, maples, hickories and white ash. Those make great bows and are common enough that you should have no problem finding at least one of them.
Others that you might look into are dogwood, black locust and elm. Eastern redcedar also makes a good bow if it is backed with something like hickory, sinew or bamboo. In fact, most junipers make great backed bows.
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