Tree ID - birch?

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Aranyic

Burning Hunk
Sep 3, 2015
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Ohio
I think I've probably got either a yellow or black birch probably? Had a couple to take down maybe 8-10 inches across standing dead. [Hearth.com] Tree ID - birch?[Hearth.com] Tree ID - birch?[Hearth.com] Tree ID - birch?[Hearth.com] Tree ID - birch?

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Not birch.
Looks like some type of buckeye (Aesculus), probably not horsechestnut as this one has has sticky buds.
For Aesculus
Branching habit is opposite.
Twigs have nasty bitter, odor when broken.
Leaves are palmately compound.
 
It's almost fibrous. Tears as much as cuts when the chainsaw goes through its not clean faces.

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Definitely not yellow birch.
 
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