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fran35

fran35

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Found a scrounge today....

Hoping I could get a few wood IDs.

The one round and the tree is definitely a beech--I think.

The other I have no idea

Finally, looking at the picture of the tree that fell down the embankment, what would be the safest/easiest way to get it? It seems as if all of the weight is resting on the top of the tree and I am not sure how fixed the remaining roots are to the earth. My fear is that I cut from below, releasing the bracing trunk and it all comes down on me.

Thanks
Frank
 

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Maybe try cutting it in half and see what happens? Standing on the uphill side, of course. Have you got a big rope...could you tie the root ball off to another tree, or try to pull it down with a quad? Root ball looks pretty loose from here. Hard to advise without seeing it in person, though...

I'm stumped by that wood...hahaha. Some type of Maple?
 
Not beech? That one round came from this tree, which I could have swore was beech. The other stuff is a mystery, but now I guess I haven't a clue on my wood ID.
 

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zeke said:
first is maple
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Silver maple, one of the softies. Good kindling, shoulder-season.
 
Soft Maple, Beech, and Pin Cherry in that order.
 
Maple tho it looks like the one with the saw in it is black birch.... Does it smell like mint when fresh cut.
 
I'm thinking Red Maple, and Black Birch. Like the other poster said, split the stuff you have in the third picture and see if it smells like wintergreen. If it does, you have birch. Both, when seasoned properly, are good firewood.
 
I don't see any beech there, the first could be silver maple but I wouldn't be surprised if it's something else, the color doesn't look quite right for silver maple it could be red maple. I believe the other is birch. Scrape the bark and see if it has that birchy/minty smell. If not birch then I'd say cherry but I think it's birch, definitely not beech.
 
I see one tree cherry!
 
Definitely not beech, not grey enough.


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Maple and Black (Cherry) Birch as several others have said. Split it and enjoy the pleasant Wintergreen aroma!
 
Center picture not good enough to tell for sure. First is maple. Third looks like a cherry.
 
fran35 said:
Not beech? That one round came from this tree, which I could have swore was beech. The other stuff is a mystery, but now I guess I haven't a clue on my wood ID.
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That tree does not resemble a beech at all. Remember that beech has a smooth grey bark.
 
I'd say Red Maple and Black Birch. That maple looks just like the typical Red Maple in forests in PA. The Black Birch is a youngish tree so it has smooth bark, but not the grey color of Beech. The Birch should have a distinctive minty smell and is great firewood.
 
Maple,Pin oak (can't see the pic well) and Cherry in that order.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
fran35 said:
Not beech? That one round came from this tree, which I could have swore was beech. The other stuff is a mystery, but now I guess I haven't a clue on my wood ID.
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That tree does not resemble a beech at all. Remember that beech has a smooth grey bark.
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There is also black beech with dark smooth bark. It can be mistaken for cherry. As stated above, if it smells like wintergreen, it's black beech.
 
Thanks guys.

I have another question. I have a lot full of cherry trees and they have a shaggy bark. However, as with the tree in the photos and from some other firewood I have seen, Cherry can also have smooth bark. Different species or what?
 
fran35 said:
I have a lot full of cherry trees and they have a shaggy bark. However, as with the tree in the photos and from some other firewood I have seen, Cherry can also have smooth bark. Different species or what?
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Shaggy bark is Black Cherry. Some smaller limbs on it can be smooth. The one with mostly smooth bark could be Sour Cherry or some other introduced ornamental type. I'm not too familiar with those, but we have lots of Black here. The first pic looks like Black Cherry on the end cut but the bark doesn't look rough enough to me. Does it have a distinctive fragrance?
 
Gator, are u talking about black birch?
 
For the most part black cherry has smoother bark when it's young and the bark gets progressively more flaky and shaggy as the tree matures.
 
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