Help with a yard tree and a scrounge ID?

[Woody Stover]

This is on the edge of the yard. Check out the nuts, too. There's a Shagbark nearby, but these nuts are off this tree, I'm pretty sure.

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The guy that owns the lot next door (where I'm getting the Black and the Red Oak) is also going to have a Maple taken down. The top is dead and it's right above the power lines. I'm hoping that it's some type of hard Maple. I believe that it probably is.
And if it is hard Maple, how fast can I expect it to dry...one-season wood?

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[smokinj]

Those be pignuts.

 

[lukem]

Pignut hickory. Good stuff.

 

[Woody Stover]

Those be pignuts.

I believe you guys are right. This book shows the nuts (not dried) and golden-yellow fall leaves, which it has.
I cut and burned some stuff from down the road a few years ago, which I thought I identified (by the leaves) as Pignut, but the bark was smoother. That tree was right next to a creek, though. Maybe the wetter environment caused the bark to be smoother.
Wait, the book shows a variation of Pignut called Red Hickory, same range, that has "often shaggy bark.", and a seven-leaf cluster, which I can check soon.
This tree ID business is getting damned complicated, and could require the use of time that I've allocated for loafing on the internet! :lol:

 

[lukem]

Those be pignuts.

I believe you guys are right. This book shows the nuts (not dried) and golden-yellow fall leaves, which it has.
I cut and burned some stuff from down the road a few years ago, which I thought I identified (by the leaves) as Pignut, but the bark was smoother. That tree was right next to a creek, though. Maybe the wetter environment caused the bark to be smoother.
Wait, the book shows a variation of Pignut called Red Hickory, same range, that has "often shaggy bark.", and a seven-leaf cluster, which I can check soon.
This tree ID business is getting damned complicated, and could require the use of time that I've allocated for loafing on the internet! :lol:

Pignut bark can be smoother at the top of the tree than the bottom. The older the wood the rougher the bark.

 

[midwestcoast]

And tree #2 does look like a Hard Maple to me. It's average seasoning speed for hardwood. A year is good.

 

[Wood Duck]

The first tree is tough. The nuts are definitely hickory and could be Pignut. The bark is tough to ID in that close up shot. It would b nice to see the whole tree, or at least a wider angle shot.

The second tree looks like a Sugar (Hard) Maple to me.

 

[Woody Stover]

Pignut bark can be smoother at the top of the tree than the bottom. The older the wood the rougher the bark.

This tree has got some age on it, I would think. As you can see, it forks into 3 sections right at the bottom. The big sections are about 22" and tall.

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The bark is smoother the higher up the trunk you look, but not "smooth." The stuff I got from down the road was as smooth at the base as this yard tree is half way up, and the upper half of the tree was smooth as a baby's butt.

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And tree #2 does look like a Hard Maple to me. It's average seasoning speed for hardwood. A year is good.

Sweeeet! With the Ash that I've got tagged, I'll be burning dry stuff from now on. May even have enough left to start on the other folks I have to supply.

I'm fortunate on this scrounge; After I step out the door it's about 200 ft. to the wood. :coolsmile: