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Feeling the Heat
Dec 4, 2015
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southern maryland
Ok so there are 3 30 foot long about 18 to 20 inch round trees down up the street from my house im trying to figure out if it is any good so yeah help me out guys
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It's difficult to definitively identify because the pictures are too far away and are of too low resolution to zoom in for detail. It's possible there's more than one species there because it looks like two or more are down. No?

With that being stated, my guess at this point for the large trunk is yellow poplar (tulip tree).
 
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I say not Yellow Popular. Would have a darker center to it compared to the lighter sapwood. Darkest part a greenish brown color usually. So with that said till better pictures come to light my vote is for an Oak of some sort. Possibly Sweet Gum being Southern Maryland.
 
im a md guy- like others i will say its hard to tell. having said that, it looks alot like sweet gum. none for me thanks.
 
I'll get some closer pictures but if its not some kind of hardwood i'm not wasting my time even if its free lol
 
If it is sweetgum, I was going to say don't waste your time, but I see you have an hydraulic splitter. :cool:
 
I think its a hard wood, but could be a soft wood, but really think its a hard wood (maybe poplar, maple or ash).
 
No trees around it have needles and you can see leaves on the ground so it isn't a pine. Looks like maple to me, but that's what I'm used to seeing with that type of bark in CT.

Regardless, it is rarely that easy to get quality rounds of firewood so I'd take it almost no matter what type of wood it was.
 
I'm in northern MD so no Sweet Gum here unless its been planted but In southern MD a very common lowland tree and except for the splitting issue btu's are okay. Spent much time in Southern MD and heard no complaints about burning Sweet Gum but not saying take it unless there's not much else out there or if its free. Clear strait sections should split okay. We're still not sure if that's what it is though. Could be Oak? Just take a piece and split it.
 
It looks like the Red Maple we have in the south.
 
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The small stuff might be River Birch. I'm leaning toward Oak now on the bigun. Maybe Willow or Water Oak? Sweet gum is rare to get that big a trunk on them but still could be. A split would be better to determine.
 
Growth rings in center don't look like oak. Without seeing a split, i'd say some kind of maple. Tough to say with all those oak leaves on the ground.
 
The cut ends look to be about 14" in diameter.
And counting the rings I get about 50 yrs or so.
That would be 8yrs/inch.
Definitely within the range of oak.
With a birch nearby, tons of oak leaves, and a cork like outer bark layer, looks to me like oak.
Pointy leaves, Red Oak. Rounded leaves, White Oak.
 
Cherry
 
Color of wood not right for Cherry. Bark somewhat similar but Cherry usually more square then linear plates. Not discounting it entirely though. The leaves (Oak) around it are likely the story behind this.
 
2019_01_24_15_13_52_What_is_this_Hearth.com_Forums_Home_Internet_Explorer.png this is the dead give away about it being cherry, also the golden color of the wood on the larger rounds, fyi the bark most certainly can look like that
 
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