Tree ID Please
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Rebelduckman
Minister of Fire
Wood Duck
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I think it is Bigtooth Aspen. The wood will be light and burn quickly, but easy to process. It cuts easily and is quite easy to split. It should dry in a year.
Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
It is popple/poplar garbage wood, keep it for early fall and late spring when you only need a quick fire. Then kill all the roots so that crap cant grow again.
Eastern Cottonwood, like someone said, the roots will send out lots of baby treelets. A few farmers around me girdle these trees to kill the roots too but I dont know if that works. Its also a two step process. If you can keep the areas mowed it might help or if the trees are in a woodlot type spot it may not matter.
Thanks, everyone. Yes they are garbage. They are in my back yard and mostly dead. Any suggestions on killing the roots/stump? I have already taken one down and every week I mow over little trees sprouting from the roots and cut off the suckers from the stump.
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
Looks like aspen to me . . . but then again it could be cottonwood . . . I think they're related. Around this way we don't tend to see a whole lot of cottonwood as a rule . . . not sure about your location though.
In either case . . . aspen or cottonwood . . . it's definitely not a choice tree for burning . . . but as Stihly mentioned . . . good for shoulder season fires in the fall or spring when you need a quick, hot fire to take the chill out of the home.
In either case . . . aspen or cottonwood . . . it's definitely not a choice tree for burning . . . but as Stihly mentioned . . . good for shoulder season fires in the fall or spring when you need a quick, hot fire to take the chill out of the home.
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