Red oak?

[Hunter8282]

 

[Hunter8282]

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Well shoot... could this be a poplar at the base of a red oak? I just split some what i think i am fairly certain as red oak and it looks nothing like this wood. 🤣

 

[stoveliker]

That stump looks like poplar to me.

 

[Bobbob]

That stump looks like poplar to me.

Yeah, and the split piece also

 

[Solarguy3500]

Are some of the rounds in the pic in your first post from that tree?

When I first looked at that pic I thought some of the rounds with the really smooth, gray bark looked like poplar. If they're from that tree, it probably is poplar. And, yes, the split looks like poplar to me.

 

[Hunter8282]

Are some of the rounds in the pic in your first post from that tree?

When I first looked at that pic I thought some of the rounds with the really smooth, gray bark looked like poplar. If they're from that tree, it probably is poplar. And, yes, the split looks like poplar to me.

Yes everything in the first picture is from the same tree.

 

[stoveliker]

Then too bad, not red oak but poplar.

 

[Eman85]

Red Oak has that great smell like a fine wine, poplar has no smell and weighs half or less than red oak.

 

[Hunter8282]

Red Oak has that great smell like a fine wine, poplar has no smell and weighs half or less than red oak.

Agreed. The Red Oak I did split had that "great smell" and that's when I started to question this wood.

 

[AstroBoy]

Well, at least that poplar isn’t competing with your oak tree any more!

 

[Mutineer]

Anyone out there have any experience cutting or splitting or burning Metasequoia, aka Dawn Redwood? We have a couple of big ones- we think they also might be bald cyprus- that are ruining our paved area at our sailing club because of the way the roots emerge out of the ground and take over things.

 

[Hunter8282]

Well, at least that poplar isn’t competing with your oak tree any more!

I did have the same thought. Might go looking for others. 👍 Anything to help the red oaks grow faster.

 

[dznam]

Red Oak has that great smell like a fine wine, poplar has no smell and weighs half or less than red oak.

Up North here, at least, fresh cut poplar is quite heavy because of its high moisture content. When dry, it's similar to dry white pine - light as a feather. I like the small, but that'd be a pretty funky "fine wine" your red oak smells like!😝