I'm clearing a spot out for a chicken coop and cut down a few small trees. I think it's elm but not 100% since I haven't ever cut any
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Is this elm?
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Bret Chase
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Looking like I made a bad guess. Guess its not elm. I know whatever it is, I've never seen it before
How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach. 
You might recognize the image I pasted above eh Woody? Photo credit goes to you pal!How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach.
How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach.
It's around 5 inches.
I recall an elm pic posted here a couple years back (Jags, maybe?) that would make your hair stand on end!
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Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
I had a 20" ash do this exact thing... it was a 30 year old volunteer that grew up in the middle of my long neglected orchard that I am trying to rehabilitate.... talk about a long process.
upside, lots of pear and apple to smoke with :D
Ash, really? Maybe got a twisted grain from getting a lot of sun and not growing straight up; My White Ash in the woods here is usually pretty straight and splits easy.
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
the tree grew straight up, but was the tallest tree with in a 75' radius. I've never had an ash split this mean... if it wasn't for the bark... and the leaves... and the wood.. I'd have thought it was an elm.
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