what type of maple is this?

I've been burning the same stuff for years. I've always thought it was Silver.

Looks like red to me

peakbagger said:

Looks like red to me

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Maple ID'ing, outside of Norway, gives me fits.

Looks like sugar maple to me.

Maples by bark/grain can be frustrating. First guess is hard, based on the split. Not enough bark to really go on, even then they can be so similar. If u can get a live twig, silver has a very unpleasant odor when broke open and red does not. Saw chips are also usually much bigger in silver due to the soft wood.

Pennsyltucky Chris said:

Maple ID'ing, outside of Norway, gives me fits.

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What makes Norway easy to identify?

Pennsyltucky Chris said:

I've been burning the same stuff for years. I've always thought it was Silver.

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You were burning dry maple, for years I thought ash was oak........

bob

by bark i would say silver, by split thats what hickory around here can look like

Split it, stack it, moisture test it next fall.

Jay106n said:

Split it, stack it, moisture test it next fall

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Right - silver or red will be ready to go, sugar will probably need longer. Looks like red or sugar to me.

Need more pics, I'd go with norway at this point.

drz1050 said:

What makes Norway easy to identify?

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The bark. I'm a guy who goes by bark. Some guys like the leaves. That helps me with oak.... of course maple leaves are easy, but IDing between red and silver from just a log can be difficult, IMO. If I see the entire tree, I can tell, but not usually from one round, especially not limbs.

The grey staining kind of indicates a softer maple.
I rarely see greyish fungal staining on Sugar.

Soft Maple, not a doubt in my mind.

nrford said:

Soft Maple, not a doubt in my mind.

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It can be really tough to distinguish between the maples with just a split. Leaves make it much easier. Twig buds help also, as previously stated.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/red-maple-ought-oh.151248/
This link shows a red maple I cut down a year ago and just got around to splitting. I know it was red maple because I had seen the tree several times and looked at the leaves. It looks very similar to you wood, but that doesn't mean they are the same.
To make things even more challenging, several yard tree varieties are a cross between red and silver maple. They exhibit the fast growth rate of the silver and the brilliant fall foliage of the reds. Plus the added bonus of no helicopters.

I'd recognize that anywhere. That's Firewood Maple! Has an orange to bluish hue while burning and turns a nice powdery ash grey. Love that stuff...