Wood ID
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qyota
Member
It's really light. I'm new in this I just want to rule out pine....
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Donk4kyv
Member
I don't think it's elm. Too clean a split and the grain is straight. Elm is nearly impossible to split by hand, the grain is full of twists and turns and that's why.
JSeery
Feeling the Heat
That definitely isn't pine but even if it was, pine is fine to burn.
The bark looks like it could be ash, though you say it is very light so that's kind of tricky as ash has a medium density.
It looks like the wood might be a little punky or rotten, so that might explain why it is light. Does it split easily? The split you show looks a little stringy so if it was tough to split I might say half-way gone hickory and if it was easy to split I would guess ash.
The bark looks like it could be ash, though you say it is very light so that's kind of tricky as ash has a medium density.
It looks like the wood might be a little punky or rotten, so that might explain why it is light. Does it split easily? The split you show looks a little stringy so if it was tough to split I might say half-way gone hickory and if it was easy to split I would guess ash.
BoiledOver
Minister of Fire
Looks like northern white cedar to me. I just tossed a couple in the boiler today that looked like that.
Rangerbait
Feeling the Heat
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Def tulip poplar, I burn lots of it in MD. Burns quicker than prized woods but brings stove to temps much quicker.
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CheapBassTurd
Minister of Fire
Oh wow that might be a match. Is poplar in northwest nj?
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I'm sure, I'm in Virginia and it's everywhere here.
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I'm sure. I have tons of it, I'm in Va. it grows fast too. If you have a lot of "helicopters" but no oak trees, that's Yellow poplar. Most log cabins were built with poplar cause it's very strait
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Probably the heaviest green wood ever lol, then turns into the lightest wood ever lol... But again, its a good wood in my eyes. When its 40's at night, aka shoulder season, its perfect!
Even deep winter around here, if your going to be home to reload, I can get a decent 5-6hr burn in my cat stove with the air turned down with tp, it does fairly well.
Even deep winter around here, if your going to be home to reload, I can get a decent 5-6hr burn in my cat stove with the air turned down with tp, it does fairly well.
