Need a little id help.

[Rebelduckman]

I want to say mulberry but I'm not sure. Splits like butter. Big leaves.

 

[Woody Stover]

Southern Catalpa? From The Audubon Guide, "leaves have an unpleasant odor when crushed." We've got Northern Catalpa here. Apparently not much BTU. I would split it small and use it for kindling, but you have a lot more days where you just need a short chill-buster fire, so you might want to leave some bigger splits for that purpose.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Southern Catalpa? From The Audubon Guide, "leaves have an unpleasant odor when crushed." We've got Northern Catalpa here. Apparently not much BTU. I would split it small and use it for kindling, but you have a lot more days where you just need a short chill-buster fire, so you might want to leave some bigger splits for that purpose.

That honestly was my second guess. After looking at the mulberry in my yard I noticed the leaves were serrated and these were not. Not yellow enough either

 

[Oldman47]

You are right about the mulberry. Not even close on the leaves. A mulberry leaf is sort of like a very rough looking maple or oak. It has separate parts that follow the main veins in the leaf but each one is very irregular looking and each is rounded rather than pointy like a maple would be. This is an example I found on line.

 

[claydogg84]

Did the tree have the big "green beans" hanging from it? I've never cut a Catalpa but have seen them with the beans.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Did the tree have the big "green beans" hanging from it? I've never cut a Catalpa but have seen them with the beans.

Didn't see any

 

[Hickorynut]

Rebelduckman, I think that is catalpa too. I really studied up on a nice tree trunk laying just down from where I was sawing up a black oak recently on some land clearing by a farmer. It was just laying there for the taking. I studied up on the bark and the leaves with my books and it keyed out a catalpa, so I left it laying. Your bark and leaves look just like it, sorry.......

 

[Joey]

I just processed about 3 cord of Mulberry for next year.....definitely not Mulberry

 

[Rebelduckman]

Rebelduckman, I think that is catalpa too. I really studied up on a nice tree trunk laying just down from where I was sawing up a black oak recently on some land clearing by a farmer. It was just laying there for the taking. I studied up on the bark and the leaves with my books and it keyed out a catalpa, so I left it laying. Your bark and leaves look just like it, sorry.......

It was in a gully where we dump things from time to time and was in the way. I really didn't need it but hadn't cut one like it and was interested. I'll use it for kindling

 

[Woody Stover]

This is what Red Mulberry leaves look like here...
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[Rebelduckman]

This is what Red Mulberry leaves look like here...
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Yup got one in my yard. I learned something new today. The catalpa leaves is what threw me off. At first they looked like mulberry until I got home and looked at mine

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Definitely catalpa