Son of A Birch

[thewoodlands]

This was in the path of the cherry that I ended taking so the birch came down first. Attached are some pictures.



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[smokinj]

Out playing again I see! :lol:

 

[NH_Wood]

Zap - looks good - I love yellow birch! Cheers!

 

[bogydave]

That birch look better than the last one. Good solid wood.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since I suck at wood I.D. (I thought it was Paper Birch) is this yellow birch?


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[thewoodlands]

Out playing again I see! :lol:

Yep, most of the time during hunting season I would never cut here but with the warm weather nobody is hunting.


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[smokinj]

Out playing again I see! :lol:

Yep, most of the time during hunting season I would never cut here but with the warm weather nobody is hunting.


zp

This is the last year I will miss hunting season.....

 

[thewoodlands]

Out playing again I see! :lol:

Yep, most of the time during hunting season I would never cut here but with the warm weather nobody is hunting.


zp

This is the last year I will miss hunting season.....

When does your hunting season end?

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[bogydave]

Since I suck at wood I.D. (I thought it was Paper Birch) is this yellow birch?


zap

I'm not good at tree ID either.
I noticed the color of he wood. When I get into good birch, the wood is white or yellowish white. When I get in dead or down ones that have dark wood, it has started to break down.
Some is still good wood if you get it dried quickly but left thru 1 summer, it gets punky. If it splits with the grain OK, it seems to be pretty good wood.
Birch is just fast to turn punky & lose some of it's BTUs. It'll be lighter weight when it dries & take longer to dry.
Hard to describe, but have cut mostly birch for over 30 years & learned a few things about our birch up here.
Center of some of these are wet & will rot quick if not split & left thru the summer, you can see the reddish wet centers. Tree has only a few years before hollow. Some top limbs will be dead.
Your first pic, a few back, reminded me of marginal birch, still ok, but ready to rot if not split & dried & will be lighter weight when dried.
It's good wood, just not "as good" as when it's white all the way thru. Big ones are hard to find white all the way thru here.
Good & solid, fresh live trees look like most of this & your pic above. (If reddish or dark , wet & starting to break down.)

 

[NH_Wood]

Since I suck at wood I.D. (I thought it was Paper Birch) is this yellow birch?


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Yep - yellow. Golden bark, peels a lot - broken twigs smell of wintergreen (like black birch) - a better BTU birch than white/gray. Cheers!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Since I suck at wood I.D. (I thought it was Paper Birch) is this yellow birch?


zap

Don't remember for sure but I don't recall seeing any yellow birch on your place zap.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since I suck at wood I.D. (I thought it was Paper Birch) is this yellow birch?


zap

Don't remember for sure but I don't recall seeing any yellow birch on your place zap.

I always thought it was white birch or paper, I'll get a better picture for tomorrow night.


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