Battenkiller / Wood I.D.

[thewoodlands]

What type of birch is this.



zap

 

[smokinj]

black

 

[JustWood]

Yellow 4 sure.

 

[scottandlorig]

River

 

[smokinj]

Yellow 4 sure.

Tell more? Awesome pic btw Zap!

 

[thewoodlands]

black

I was hoping that was the answer, throws some nice btu's.



zap

 

[smokinj]

black

I was hoping that was the answer, throws some nice btu's.



zap

hold the press's Lee knows something here........

 

[JustWood]

black

I was hoping that was the answer, throws some nice btu's.



zap

hold the press's Lee knows something here........

Black birch bark looks more like cherry bark.
If that ain't yellow eye'll travel the 9 hours to zaps and join the polar bear club in his creek.

 

[smokinj]

black

I was hoping that was the answer, throws some nice btu's.



zap

hold the press's Lee knows something here........

Black birch bark looks more like cherry bark.
If that ain't yellow eye'll travel the 9 hours to zaps and join the polar bear club in his creek.

LOL, Thought it might have been the bear peeee!

 

[JustWood]

I just ran into about 20-30, 6-10" rounds at the bottom of my reserve wood cache and I'm burning it right now. Stuff throws some awesome heat.
If ya cut some Zap leave some in good sized rounds. It dries fairly quick even in big rounds.

 

[kestrel]

Why do I want to say River Birch?

 

[smokinj]

Why do I want to say River Birch?

river is a lighter tanish color. yellow and black are hard to tell apart. whites to easy.

 

[ISeeDeadBTUs]

River is a red herring.

Birch is Yellow Birch. Good FW!!

 

[tfdchief]

Zap, that looks like a painting!

 

[thewoodlands]

I just ran into about 20-30, 6-10" rounds at the bottom of my reserve wood cache and I'm burning it right now. Stuff throws some awesome heat.
If ya cut some Zap leave some in good sized rounds. It dries fairly quick even in big rounds.

doubtingLEE, will do. That birch is on the bank which I'll leave and look for some in another area. The area across the brook is ours but the last time I was back in that area was when we posted. On that side we have a right of way through this ladies driveway which is in the deed, so I don't bother with cutting in that area yet.


zap

 

[EatenByLimestone]

It's not black birch, my guess would have been river (Betula nigra).

Matt

 

[Thistle]

Looks like (soon to be) Dead Birch,if anyone close by is cutting today...

 

[Wood Duck]

That is surely a Yellow Birch. Black Birch isn't as peely and the bark is blacker. River Birch is much peelier (peely = having barks that peels away from the trunk) and the color is different. Classic Yellow Birch habitat, although Black Birch probably grows somehwere close by, and River Birch also likes to be near water. I think LEE called this one right.

 

[Battenkiller]

If that ain't yellow eye'll travel the 9 hours to zaps and join the polar bear club in his creek.

You can stay home and be warm, Lee. You've hit the nail on the head once again.

Zap, I'll take a pic of some black birch and post it when I got a chance. I'll be handling plenty once this -20º hits town.

 

[BURNSOFTEN]

Yellow birch fo sure.....see link http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/betulaceae.htm

 

[NH_Wood]

Yes - 100% yellow birch - no other birch looks like that (at least from this area). Cheers!

 

[krex1010]

+1 on yeller birch

 

[Battenkiller]

That birch is on the bank which I'll leave and look for some in another area. The area across the brook is ours but the last time I was back in that area was when we posted.

Zap, I've always been envious of your vast hardwood resources, but if you tell me there's wild brookies in that creek, I'm gonna break down and cry.

Beautiful shot. ;-)

 

[thewoodlands]

That birch is on the bank which I'll leave and look for some in another area. The area across the brook is ours but the last time I was back in that area was when we posted.

Zap, I've always been envious of your vast hardwood resources, but if you tell me there's wild brookies in that creek, I'm gonna break down and cry.

Beautiful shot. ;-)

Yes there is, I have two great nephews that catch them in the summer.


Zap

 

[Woody Stover]

I've never positively IDed this tree in the yard, but have been told that it's a River Birch:


http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/RiverBirch.jpg