What Kind Of Maple Is It? Picture Update

[Todd]

Free score courtesy of the city. It kind a looks like Silver Maple to me, but it doesn't have that scaly peel away bark like the Silver Maple I've seen before. What do you guys think?

 

[smokinj]

silver

 

[gpcollen1]

You have to remember that oftentimes the bark on a tree looks very different from young to medium sized tree to older and larger tree.

 

[Todd]

Good point, this was definitely an older tree. I left what looked like the two sections of the trunk, they were over 3' diameter and 10' long. The bark still looks a little different than similar sized Silver Maples throughout my city and the color of the wood seems darker too. What ever it is it's going in the stove.

 

[Henz]

I would say silver as well. Its not a red maple like I hav alot of...Same density though

 

[Hurricane]

I would say it is definitely the burning kind

 

[KarlP]

I vote silver as well.

 

[Jags]

Looks like the silver that we have around here Todd.

 

[fossil]

Not sure what it is, but it's not Pine. Rick

 

[Jags]

Not sure what it is, but it's not Pine. Rick

Ya can't burn that stuff anyways.....Jeesh! %-P

 

[fossil]

Not sure what it is, but it's not Pine. Rick

Ya can't burn that stuff anyways.....Jeesh! %-P

Actually, I can't not burn it. :lol: Rick

 

[Mmaul]

I burned silver maple last year that looks just like that picture. I like to use this site when I want to know what it is http://www.oplin.org/tree/

 

[billb3]

Needs_a_little_splitting maple.

 

[smokinj]

I burned silver maple last year that looks just like that picture. I like to use this site when I want to know what it is http://www.oplin.org/tree/

we only cut 20+cords of it in the last 6 months

 

[Mmaul]

Is that why I see it in my sleep.

 

[smokinj]

Is that why I see it in my sleep.

Yep if i never see another one it will be to soon!

 

[Todd]

OK I got around to splitting some of this stuff and it doesn't split like any Maple I've split before. It shreads apart and has a twisty grain like some kind of Elm but it's really light weight and still wet. My little 8 ton splitter was groaning and many rounds got stuck in the wedge. I posted this over at the Arborsite and most think it's Basswood, but I'm not so sure,the Basswood I see around here has very thick grooved bark.

 

[KarlP]

I still think its silver maple. I've had some limbs growing under a lot of tension/compression split like that.

 

[joshlaugh]

The bark looks like silver maple to me. Basswood doesn't get stringy like that when split. Color isn't quite right either.

 

[burntime]

Its btus

 

[kbarnes12]

I have had split silver maple that ended up looking just like that. ;-)

 

[Rob From Wisconsin]

Does the wood have a strong smell to it??
Did you get it from a swampy/moist area??

 

[smokinj]

I have had split silver maple that ended up looking just like that. ;-)

+1 silver maple hart wood can get quite stringy we use hachets with a log splitter to keep moving quikly

 

[Todd]

Does the wood have a strong smell to it??
Did you get it from a swampy/moist area??

No smell, it was retrieved from the local city recycle area. The bark just doesn't look the same as the other Silver Maples I see all over here. It's going in the stove no matter what, but it just bugs me not knowing exactly what it is.