wood ID

[JA600L]

Can anybody help me out here? This seems sorta soft.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

It looks like some sort of poplar.

 

[HotLogs]

The bark resembles poplar but leaves are nothing like the poplars I have in southern Indiana

 

[mass_burner]

Horse chestnut.

 

[CincyBurner]

Magnolia

 

[JA600L]

And.....the splits. I had to take this to get some really nice cherry .

 

[Oww My Back Hurts]

Looks like horse chestnut leaves to me

 

[Lake Girl]

Magnolia

I tend to agree that it likely is magnolia. Leaves are the right shape but do not appear as thick. Horse chestnut leaves have toothed margins.

 

[Wood Duck]

Magnolia. The leaves are simple, not five-parted like Horsechestnut. In the photo there are a number of leaves all emerging from near the end of each twig, so it looks sort of like the leaves are all part of one compound leaf, but they aren't. Each leaf has a short stem attached to the twig.

This one is perhaps Sweetbay Magnolia, but there are other Magnolias that it might be. I think it will be mid-range firewood in terms of BTUs

 

[Woody Stover]

Magnolia. The leaves are simple, not five-parted like Horsechestnut. In the photo there are a number of leaves all emerging from near the end of each twig, so it looks sort of like the leaves are all part of one compound leaf, but they aren't. Each leaf has a short stem attached to the twig.

perhaps Sweetbay Magnolia, but there are other Magnolias that it might be.

I thought maybe Saucer Magnolia. It is "widely planted," and the leaf is "broader toward the abruptly short-pointed tip," according to The Audubon Guide.

 

[Lake Girl]

This seems sorta soft.

The one BTU rating I saw said 18 for magnolia ... Curious as to what moisture reading you start off with. Do you have a meter?

 

[JA600L]

Sorry, no moisture meter. I follow the 3 year plan. When I say soft I'm comparing to oak and locust which I have a LOT of.