Tree ID please

[48rob]

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Rob

 

[Battenkiller]

Deadwood.

 

[smokinj]

Red maple, or a softmaple of some kind.

 

[wkpoor]

I'd say maple but without leaves might be hard to tell. I would guess at silver maple though. They are a fast growing popular yard tree. And for some reason are starting to die off.

 

[wooddope]

Looks like a maple but bark doesn't look like silver to me.1st thought was sugar but could be red.

 

[48rob]

Thanks for all the replies so far!

Deadwood... good one, and correct! ;-P

I agree it looks nothing like silver Maple.
We have hundreds of them, and the bark is very different.
Could be some other type of Maple...

The bark is like a cross between Hickory and Locust?

Rob

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Looks like a maple but bark doesn't look like silver to me.1st thought was sugar but could be red.

+1

Definately maple. My thought was sugar. It's definatly not silver maple.

Matt

 

[bioman]

+1 firewood

 

[CTYank]

Sugar maple. They go into decline when backfilled excessively around their root-crown. They're very fussy about that, and can take 10 years to die off.

 

[scotvl]

+1 sugar maple, one of my favorites.

 

[mainstation]

yeah that's a sugar maple. good burning

 

[48rob]

Thank you all for the help!

It will be added to my stocks.
I've never burned Sugar Maple, but it sure sounds good!

Rob

 

[Wood Duck]

I also think it is Sugar Maple, but maybe Red Maple. I can't really tell from the picture but the very flaky and ridged bark make we think Sugar more than Red. Definitely not Silver, also not Norway Maple.

 

[ecocavalier02]

almost positive thats sugar maple seen lots of dead ones around here look just like that.

 

[CodyWayne718]

Maple, jus too many types for me to say which one I think it is!

 

[Brewmonster]

Sugar!

 

[smokinj]

Thats just to ugly for sugar, red or Norway.

 

[oldspark]

No way that is Norway.

 

[smokinj]

No way that is Norway.

That is what I think about sugar...lol Just dont see it. Loooks very soft.

 

[curber]

Not sure about the tree but those oyster mushrooms growing on the side are great to eat!!

 

[Battenkiller]

I vote for sugar maple. It looks just like my two big live ones, only with less bark. Bark is all wrong for silver or Norway.

 

[48rob]

Thanks all for the replies!

I took the tree down a few days ago, it generated about 2/3 of a cord (2 face cords).
I decided to pass on the Oyster mushrooms...they are probably very tasty, but it is a lot more exciting to search for, and find these guys!

As it was standing dead for at least two years, much of the smaller diameter wood is dry and ready to burn.
Everything up to about 4" diameter is showing 12-15%, with the bigger pieces showing from 20 to 40%.

Surprisingly, those 4" rounds fit in my stove like it was made for them...
It starts and burns very well, and it is allowing me to save my Hickory and Mulberry and Cherry for later in the season!


Rob

 

[Brewmonster]

Well done, Rob! Since you got paid to remove the tree, maybe you can go buy some really good beer to go with those beautiful morels!

 

[Woody Stover]

It starts and burns very well, and it is allowing me to save my Hickory and Mulberry and Cherry for later in the season!

If that is indeed Sugar, it's got a respectable 24 M BTU/cord, same as Red Oak, and better than Cherry at 20 M. Hickory and Mulberry do have serious firepower though. Got end grain and split pics?

 

[48rob]

Well done, Rob! Since you got paid to remove the tree, maybe you can go buy some really good beer to go with those beautiful morels!

Good point...Special occasion's do deserve good beer! ;-)

Rob