I spent a few hours yesterday bucking and hauling out chunks of this lovely tree that someone doesn't want in their backyard any more. I think it's a beech, but not completely sure. I have no leaves to refer too for ID. What do you all think? There is also some ash visible in the first picture. Thanks!
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Is this beech?
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Yes, looks like its been dead awhile. Still goo firewood but get it split and under cover as the rot can hold water.
Thanks. I was told it was felled in November. So far all of the wood seems solid.
Agree with the beech. Great BTU's. I like to do a combo burn of beech with ash. Ash catches and burns easily. Beech catches a little harder but burns hotter and coals longer. 1 year seasoning has been OK, but 2 is better.
Prof
Minister of Fire
+1 on the beech. It is most of what I burn--primarily because it is what grows around my house. Where I am at, the beech are being destroyed by a bore and fungus. It breaks my heart when a 24inch tree comes down and I barely get a pickup load (I have a Tacoma with a 5ft bed) after I pick through the rotten stuff! Good hardwood though--on par with most oaks.
Looks like beech to me too.
I’ve been burning some seasoned on stump beech this winter. I have a bunch of them out in the woods. It seems like once they get big they die. Probably the fungus mentioned above.
The stuff I’m burning now has been dead for a few years. I usually mix it with ash and maple.
I’ve been burning some seasoned on stump beech this winter. I have a bunch of them out in the woods. It seems like once they get big they die. Probably the fungus mentioned above.
The stuff I’m burning now has been dead for a few years. I usually mix it with ash and maple.
I started splitting it. It's got some spalting going on and some of it around the edges is going a little soft but still usable. The cores are solid.
I have about 70 of my 80 acres are beech dominant, there are some nice old bear beaches but 90% of them have blight in various stages. Due to access issues the vast majority are going to be girdled and then squirted with Garlon (a herbicide). Hopefully it will knock back the beech and let the other types of trees like sugar maples move in.
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
I'm not sure what it is but I don't think it is beech. Beech bark is usually more gray and smoother and there is little color difference between the heartwood and sapwood
