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I am trying to figure out what type of wood this is. Seems to be either birch or poplar. Also how long should I season this wood before burning. It was from a tree cut down this past winter.
Thanks
Looks like poplar from where I sit. A good way to tell is by feel. The bark of poplar will often be oily or waxy to the touch, where white birch will feel dry like paper. Another hint is in the smell - poplar always smells earthy or wet to me. It can also smell pissy or like manure.
Nice job with unzipping them either way. Good practice to be in.
Looks like birch to me, especially as its been unzipped but I have no experience of poplar.
If it is birch keep it off the ground or it will rot very quickly. If you split it now it may be ready to burn early 2018.
I believe it is White Birch that the woodpeckers enjoyed pecking at! The tight bark on that piece that is standing up so we can see the end cutside looks like it. Whack a piece open and show a shot of the grain, but I'm sure that is Birch although I initially thought Poplar until I took a good clear look at it with the picture expanded.
If it was white birch that size it would definitely have at least some peeling bark. Also where the branches come off on poplar there is typically that dark eye shape looking bark. I have a lot of poplar around me, and they all look just like that, easier to distinguish on a living tree though because of the lower bark turning rough.