Another tree ID please
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stoveliker
Minister of Fire
On second inspection this tree has shed some nuts and the squirrels got 99% of them. It a young tree so not that many.
Pretty sure it is a hickory which is pretty cool as it’s the only in of the property. Any ideas on what type?
Pretty sure it is a hickory which is pretty cool as it’s the only in of the property. Any ideas on what type?
MongoMongoson
Feeling the Heat
I am no hickory expert, but I do enjoy identifying trees. Looks like it could be mockernut or bitternut hickory from the bark. I pretty much only see shagbark in my area.
This might be helpful:
floraofohio.blogspot.com
This might be helpful:
Care to Learn Your Carya's (Hickories)?
Trees have always been one of my favorite pieces to the puzzle we call Nature. The list of their functions and uses in both the natural wor...
floraofohio.blogspot.com
Awesome article thanks!I am no hickory expert, but I do enjoy identifying trees. Looks like it could be mockernut or bitternut hickory from the bark. I pretty much only see shagbark in my area.
This might be helpful:
Care to Learn Your Carya's (Hickories)?
Trees have always been one of my favorite pieces to the puzzle we call Nature. The list of their functions and uses in both the natural wor...
It's a pretty young tree maybe 7 inches wide at the trunk. I wonder how long its takes a shagbark to start to get shaggy? Or is it that way early on?
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
take a picture of some of the upper branches.. I cane usually identify by the upper part of the tree
It looks like a pignut. The bark on bitternuts is usually lighter in color and not as deeply furrowed
That under-bark looks almost orange in the pic. I don't recall seeing that on the Pignut or Shagbark here. Then again, there's a LOT of things I don't recall. 
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
I haven't burned a lot of it so far, and loads have been mixed with other wood species. I'm usually grabbing the Red Oaks, which die here much more often. I have a couple cords of Pignut that I'll be getting into this year, though.
Hickory is rated as high-output wood, around 27Mbtu/cord. Like other dense woods, it's a bit harder to light. I usually put some big splits of any dense wood on the bottom of the load, and use a top-down start with a few small splits and kindling of a faster-starting wood on top..soft Maple, Pine, etc.
That will kick the load off fast, heat up the top re-burn section of the stove quickly, and result in a start that's in most cases far less smoky.
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
Hickory burns very hot, and long. But it doesn't kindle easily, so I never put it in the fire the first 15 minutes. It also burns purty, when combined with oak, especially oak, cherry, and hickory.
