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This was a small tree that I dragged out from behind the neighbor's house... probably only 12" diameter at the base. Very, very light... like balsa wood light. Assume it must have been standing dead for a while? Any ideas?
Poplar.
Good wood for shoulder season.
A nice score , close to home & seasons fast.
Being dead a while, as light weight as you say, it may be dry enough to burn in a few weeks
you have it right. Tulip is not related to poplars/aspens/cottonwoods. Tulip is Liriodendron tulipifera (Really, that isn't some fake latin I just made up) and poplars are in the genus populus. Tulip does sort of grow like a poplar, growing straight and tall in many situations.
Right on. Those leaves are very different and sort of neat too. I recall the first time I ever saw one of those and wondering what it was. Sort of neat. I also have read how it has been used for lumber a lot.