Wood ID

[fishki]

Not sure what this is, took it down today along with an ugly elm.
Cant complain to much, free wood and I was paid to take it down.

 

[pen]

Looks like beech from here.

 

[Firefighter938]

I was thinking it may be a young maple. Look for some branches. If the twigs are opposite I would guess red maple.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

Don't think its beech, although can't rule it out. Bark is a diff shade of grey and the ends would be orangeish in color. Looks pretty white. I would have to say some sort of softwood or poplar based on the growth rings.

 

[fishki]

A couple more pics I had, this tree was probably planted as its on a boundary line, and there are no other trees like it in the surrounding area that I can find.

Also no maple leaves in the leaf litter around the area.

 

[Learnedtoburn]

Ditto- poplar too yellow for quacking aspen


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[FaithfulWoodsman]

Yep. That's poplar. Didn't think I'd like it but grew to love it for start ups and quick burns. Split small, it lights with a match in one year.

 

[firefighterjake]

Looks like a maple to me.

 

[Firefighter938]

Have you split any yet? Kind of stringy? After seeing the bottom of the trunk I'm starting to lean towards hackberry.

 

[fishki]

I had ruled out hackberry (celtis occidentalis) because of the large amount of smooth bark, all of our hackberry has the very rough warty bark. I now believe this might be sugarberry, (celtis laevigata). I seem to be geographically right on the very edge of this trees range. Will be splitting today.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

I now believe this might be sugarberry

I think you called it. Rechecking the tree, I can't see any Chevron marks at branch locations, typical of poplars. We don't have these up here, but think they burn about like hackberry, there relative.