I came across some wood recently. I little difficult to split, kind of stringy but not to bad. The real funny thing about the wood is that freshly split it smells like that old time chewing gum Beemans. Anyone know what it is? Is it elm? I live in RI
Wood Species Identifacation
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It looks a little like birch but the bark is dark. Also it is bigger than the birch i usually see. Is that what black birch looks like?
gpcollen1
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Black (or Sweet) Birch has a dark gray to blackish color. The bark on the Black Birch does not exfoliate/peel like that on Yellow or White/paper birch. It is uses in making birch beer and the young shoots are friggin delicious - ask the deer.
I think this is already mentioned somewhere on hearth.com, but it would be nice for us to start up a "firewood identification" picture gallery. There are a lot of sites that help identify trees by their structure, leaves, and sometimes bark, but that's not very much help for those of us who don't often take down entire trees. I've also seen quite a few helpful BTU charts out there, but they don't help unless I already know what wood I have.
A quick description, a couple of pictures of green/seasoned splits, and some info about splitting difficulty wouldn't be too hard to put together.
It's simple enough to (generally) tell if you have hardwood or softwood, and in some ways knowing the actual species is just trivia. Additionally, many folks here seem to "just know" species from years of experience, so it's probably not urgently needed, but it would be good for newbs like me
A quick description, a couple of pictures of green/seasoned splits, and some info about splitting difficulty wouldn't be too hard to put together.
It's simple enough to (generally) tell if you have hardwood or softwood, and in some ways knowing the actual species is just trivia. Additionally, many folks here seem to "just know" species from years of experience, so it's probably not urgently needed, but it would be good for newbs like me
sixminus1 said:I think this is already mentioned somewhere on hearth.com, but it would be nice for us to start up a "firewood identification" picture gallery. There are a lot of sites that help identify trees by their structure, leaves, and sometimes bark, but that's not very much help for those of us who don't often take down entire trees. I've also seen quite a few helpful BTU charts out there, but they don't help unless I already know what wood I have.
A quick description, a couple of pictures of green/seasoned splits, and some info about splitting difficulty wouldn't be too hard to put together.
It's simple enough to (generally) tell if you have hardwood or softwood, and in some ways knowing the actual species is just trivia. Additionally, many folks here seem to "just know" species from years of experience, so it's probably not urgently needed, but it would be good for newbs like me
I second that suggestion, I can identify red oak....and that's about it ;-)
gyrfalcon
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sixminus1 said:I think this is already mentioned somewhere on hearth.com, but it would be nice for us to start up a "firewood identification" picture gallery. There are a lot of sites that help identify trees by their structure, leaves, and sometimes bark, but that's not very much help for those of us who don't often take down entire trees. I've also seen quite a few helpful BTU charts out there, but they don't help unless I already know what wood I have.
A quick description, a couple of pictures of green/seasoned splits, and some info about splitting difficulty wouldn't be too hard to put together.
It's simple enough to (generally) tell if you have hardwood or softwood, and in some ways knowing the actual species is just trivia. Additionally, many folks here seem to "just know" species from years of experience, so it's probably not urgently needed, but it would be good for newbs like me
Oh, man, I would LOVE to see that happen! Those of us who have to rely on delivered wood, around here almost always "mixed hardwod," would be extremely grateful for that kind of guide.
gyrfalcon
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woodpile said:
Thanks. I'll look that up.
In the meantime, trying to figure some pieces out, I came on this site, which has good pix and brief descriptions of a number of kinds of wood at the bottom of the page.
http://www.donnan.com/firewood.htm
Hey Craig- you readin' this? I second the motion!gyrfalcon said:sixminus1 said:I think this is already mentioned somewhere on hearth.com, but it would be nice for us to start up a "firewood identification" picture gallery. There are a lot of sites that help identify trees by their structure, leaves, and sometimes bark, but that's not very much help for those of us who don't often take down entire trees. I've also seen quite a few helpful BTU charts out there, but they don't help unless I already know what wood I have.
A quick description, a couple of pictures of green/seasoned splits, and some info about splitting difficulty wouldn't be too hard to put together.
It's simple enough to (generally) tell if you have hardwood or softwood, and in some ways knowing the actual species is just trivia. Additionally, many folks here seem to "just know" species from years of experience, so it's probably not urgently needed, but it would be good for newbs like me
Oh, man, I would LOVE to see that happen! Those of us who have to rely on delivered wood, around here almost always "mixed hardwod," would be extremely grateful for that kind of guide.
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