Another tree id please

[saewoody]

I picked up a trailer load of wood from a co worker who had cut this tree up last year because it fell in his front yard. He said he didn’t know what type it was. When I got there I spotted a few pieces of oak and loaded up the trailer without giving it anymore thought. I got around to splitting it today, and there appears to definitely be two different types of wood. One is oak, and I’m really not sure about the other. Any thoughts. I apologize for the pics. It was starting to get dark. The bark peeled fairly easily as I split it. It was seemed wet under the bark, and the under-layer of the bark seemed to peel. I think the flash sort of “whitewashed” the pic of the bark. And I know there is some white birch that shows in one of the pictures (that needs no identification [emoji846]). Thanks

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[pernox]

Willow. The way the bark sheets off and has that black layer underneath is a dead giveaway.

 

[saewoody]

Willow. The way the bark sheets off and has that black layer underneath is a dead giveaway.

Thanks very much. That makes perfect sense.


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[saewoody]

A couple daytime pics.

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[nrford]

Looks like Aspen to me

 

[redktmrider]

Looks like Aspen to me

I agree with nford, I took down a large Lombardy poplar in my yard that looked almost identical to the OP's pics.

 

[firefighterjake]

Poplar

 

[Tom123]

Poplar

Good call Jake, looks like the Poplar in
New England. The. Shredding bark is a giveaway.


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[saewoody]

Thanks for the replies. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve run into poplar/aspen. I had a fair amount of “tulip/yellow poplar” last year, but I’m not sure how similar they really are to each other. I know it won’t be the highest quality firewood, but as long as it helps keep the house warm it’s ok with me.


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[ThunderMedic]

That's Tulip Poplar. I burn quite a bit of it every year.

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[Sully1515]

Poplar makes a great shoulder season firewood. I've used it numerous times in the late fall and up to the late spring months. Of course, it's not sugar maple, red oak, hickory or beech, but, poplar does a nice job once completely seasoned and dry.

- New Hampshire

 

[hickoryhoarder]

That's Tulip Poplar. I burn quite a bit of it every year.

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I agree. The bark looks like tulip poplar. Seasoned long enough, it's good firewood. Not real high BTUs, but very useful.