Wood ID

[Viper0023]

I don't know if I can call this my first scrounge but a neighbor has recently switched from wood to gas and they have left over 3-year seasoned splits of wood up for grabs. I am wondering if any one can ID the type of wood it is from a picture a tree of the same species and if it is worth taking/burning.

The bark is paper-like (not birch-like) and the tree "sheds" its bark every couple of years

Unfortunately, I don't have pics of the splits but I may take some and post pics to find out the species.

 

[wishlist]

Sycamore, on the lower end of the hardwood. Of course, this year with the warm temps its a great tree. I'm running low on the shoulder season stuff!

 

[nrford]

Sycamore, on the lower end of the hardwood. Of course, this year with the warm temps its a great tree. I'm running low on the shoulder season stuff!

For Sure!!+1

I believe it's very close to beech on the btu scale not bad at all!

 

[Viper0023]

Thanks guys for the fast replies. This will be great wood to use so I can save my ash. I looked up the BTU's and it's 19.5. I can't complain since it's split, seasoned and ready to go! I can't believe it is December and it was 57F today!!


May I throw another one at you?

 

[Nixon]

Hard to tell from the pic, but the scaly bark looks like black cherry .

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Viper that is good that the wood is already split as this wood can be a bit testy for splitting.

 

[tfdchief]

Viper that is good that the wood is already split as this wood can be a bit testy for splitting.

Absolutely no question, it is Sycamore. It is really tough to split so you got a real deal. It is not bad wood at all. About the middle. I will take it anytime I can get it. Will be burning some next winter that I cut last winter.

 

[Wood Duck]

I think that tree is European Sycamore aka London Plane tree. Notice that that inner bark is yellowish, not white. American Sycamore has almost white inner bark. I expect the wood is similar to American Sycamore.

 

[Viper0023]

I think that tree is European Sycamore aka London Plane tree. Notice that that inner bark is yellowish, not white. American Sycamore has almost white inner bark. I expect the wood is similar to American Sycamore.

Yeah the inner bark is yellowish.

Thanks everyone for all your help!

 

[nrford]

Second one appears to maple of some sort, I'm going to say Soft maple.

The OP's second post not second photo in first post. First post both photos are sycamore.

 

[Wood Duck]

Not much to go on in the second picture. I think it resembles Red Oak, but I can't tell.

 

[CTYank]

Second one appears to maple of some sort, I'm going to say Soft maple.

I'd have said it was abused sugar maple. Smacked around a lot. I've seen that fungus in sugar maple around here, too. Be very careful not to breathe in sawdust if you cut any of it; could play hell with sinuses.

Merry Christmas.

 

[tfdchief]

It is Sycamore! I am not always sure from a picture, but not this time, both are Sycamore. Second picture is just a different angle, light exposure of the first one. Look at the first limb from the bottom on the right. Stake my career on it......Sycamore!

 

[fespo]

Sycamore!

 

[Woody Stover]

May I throw another one at you?

Can you get a pic of a freshly split piece? I kind of looks like Maple, but hard to tell...

 

[steeltowninwv]

.i have a cord of sycamore to burn next year....cut a few dead standing ones this summer..let me know what u think of the sycamore......

 

[Wood Duck]

It is Sycamore! I am not always sure from a picture, but not this time, both are Sycamore. Second picture is just a different angle, light exposure of the first one. Look at the first limb from the bottom on the right. Stake my career on it......Sycamore!

I agree with you on the pictures of the tree - both are sycamore (European Sycamore aka London Plane Tree), but there is a second post with a picture of a split. The split is what I suggested might be oak but it is hard to tell.