Todays score / Wood ID

[Wilhelm911]

Got a call from a friend, he says he's got 2 big oaks down in a pasture that he'd like to mow. Would I like the trees? Heck yea! So I get there and immediately see they are not oak. Forgot to take pictures of the trees before cutting, but I got a few of the rounds and some leaves. I believe they are red maple, what do you say?

 

[Woody Stover]

Toolip Pooplar, 100%.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

No doubt about it. Tulip poplar all the way. They have a very unique leaf which makes it double easy to ID.

 

[ScotO]

Yep, I second Woody and Dennis' sentiments with 100% certainty. Now, you'll here us say that poplar ain't the best wood to burn out there (and it isn't, really), but tulip is better than other poplars. It'll make lots of ash, but it'd probably be a good shoulder season wood. Get it split and stacked soon, you'll be able to use it next fall for SS, guaranteed....

 

[PA. Woodsman]

As soon as I saw that upper leaf I thought "that's a Poplar leaf" 'cause there's one right outside the dining room door in the neighbors yard-in fact we had a thread on here the other week about them turning yellow earlier than other trees. Like Scotty said it ain't the cat's meow when it comes to fuelwood but it'll burn; makes good kindling or "shoulder" season (when it's not TOO cold out) like he said.

Take it and mix it in with the other better stuff for next season, and/or make some thin kindling splits as it ignites easily-smokes a bit, but ignites easily.

 

[teutonicking]

Toolip Pooplar, 100%.

+1 Tulip Poplar leaf is a dead giveaway.

 

[paul bunion]

+1 Tulip Poplar leaf is a dead giveaway.

The green heartwood is another good clue.

 

[Wilhelm911]

Thanks everyone! There is quite a bit more there so I will grab it up. I need some good shoulder wood to compliment my oak stacks!

 

[JOHN BOY]

I would get it even though its poplar . it doesnt take long to season i primarily use it for daytime burns and to start fires you can also use it to mix in with other woods like oak and maple.

 

[Cold Is Dumb]

If you have room for it, it's ok for supplementing, decent shoulder season stuff as mentioned above. It can be a frustrating wood because in my experience, it holds a ton of water, and is very heavy when green. I'd respond to friends/neighbors/scrounges about "really heavy wood that must be great for firewood" and it turns out to be tulip, which becomes light as a feather when seasoned.

Also, though the tree is commonly called "Tulip Poplar", it's ain't the poplar that many folks complain about as being awful for firewood. The poplar (or popple) that the folks in the north and midwest complain about is not the same species as what you have there. Now that being said, you aren't gonna confuse tulip for oak when it's burning in your stove, but it's certainly better than cottonwood/aspen.