Sorry I don't have a picture. I can try to get on if it is needed. I just got a tree from a neighbor (southern NH) that I would love to identify. Here are the characteristics.
rough bark but not peeling looking like birch.
All that the company who cut it left was about 38 feet of the tree. The bottom was about 20 in and 38 ft up was about 15 in in diameter.
It has a dark brownish grey center about 3 inches in the bottom of the tree and about 2 inches 38 ft up.
The rest of the wood is real white
There is a red layer between the bark and the white wood.
I also have another question - I cut these to 20 in rounds and while trying to split them down the center the fiskars splitting ax just bounced. It would take me about 10 - 20 whacks to get it to finally stick. My question is, is this normal for green wood (it was cut less than 1 week ago) or is it more of a function of the wood, or is it because I cut it at 20 inches.
Thanks for your help.
rough bark but not peeling looking like birch.
All that the company who cut it left was about 38 feet of the tree. The bottom was about 20 in and 38 ft up was about 15 in in diameter.
It has a dark brownish grey center about 3 inches in the bottom of the tree and about 2 inches 38 ft up.
The rest of the wood is real white
There is a red layer between the bark and the white wood.
I also have another question - I cut these to 20 in rounds and while trying to split them down the center the fiskars splitting ax just bounced. It would take me about 10 - 20 whacks to get it to finally stick. My question is, is this normal for green wood (it was cut less than 1 week ago) or is it more of a function of the wood, or is it because I cut it at 20 inches.
Thanks for your help.