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  1. FatttFire New Member

    joined: Feb 14, 2008
    178 posts
    Snowbelt, Ohio
    I am not sure, is this possibly the Iron Oak my late Uncle warned me about?

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  2. elmoleaf Feeling the Heat

    joined: Dec 11, 2007
    344 posts
    Southeastern Massachusetts
    Looks like maple leaves to me.
  3. Hogwildz Minister of Fire

    Looks like Maple leafs to me also.
  4. glacialhills Member

    joined: Jun 5, 2008
    218 posts
    S.W. Michigan
    Its definitly not oak, looks like sugar Maple to me. good hard wood great burning.
  5. brooktrout New Member

    joined: Dec 23, 2007
    376 posts
    Hamden, NY
    sugar maple. got alot of it here. cut up a few cords of it this spring, looking forward to burning it this winter ;-)
  6. CTBurner Member

    joined: Aug 4, 2008
    182 posts
    SE CT
    I agree sugar maple, burns nice
  7. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,133 posts
    Bend, Oregon
  8. madison Minister of Fire

  9. FatttFire New Member

    joined: Feb 14, 2008
    178 posts
    Snowbelt, Ohio
    Thanks! I feel like an ass, now looking at the leaves. I know I have some Iron oak somewhere out there can't find it!
  10. Tarmsolo60 New Member

    joined: Dec 2, 2007
    306 posts
    Adirondack Mountains
    Maple...but not red like the Canadian Flag....thanks AP
  11. smokinj Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 11, 2008
    15,410 posts
    Anderson, Indiana
    thats sugar maple
  12. Adios Pantalones Minister of Fire

    Canadian flag is red maple.

    I'm going to guess that the tree is monkeypaw, or maybe goncavo alves... just to be difficult.
  13. JustWood Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 14, 2007
    3,185 posts
    Arrow Bridge,NY
    All correct!
  14. DiscoInferno Minister of Fire

    The leaf on the Canadian flag may be the color red, but it's a sugar maple leaf shape.
  15. Adios Pantalones Minister of Fire

    Red maple leaf has sharp sinuses and 3-5 major lobes. Sugar maple has rounded sinuses and generally 5 major lobes.
  16. DiscoInferno Minister of Fire

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    Left to right: Canadian flag, sugar maple, red maple.

    I go with sugar maple based on the shape and the smooth margins, although one can certainly argue that the margin detail simply isn't shown in the flag. And of course there is a continuum of red and sugar maple leaf shapes. This link
    http://www.cbc.ca/newsinreview/may98/maple/canflag.htm
    suggests that it's meant to be a generic maple leaf, so I guess the answer is all of the above.
  17. Todd Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 19, 2005
    8,785 posts
    Lake Wissota
    The leaves definitely look like Sugar Maple, but the bark doesn't look like any Sugar Maple I've ever seen around these parts. The stingy bark almost looks like Silver Maple. Maybe they grow them different down in OH? Or could it be Norway Maple?
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