Hi all
First, I gotta say this forum is great. It's my first year cutting (and burning) and I'm trying to learn more all the time. I really appreciate all the feedback and posts, especially on wood ID's.
I picked up two loads from the tree service today. It was a mixed batch of wood and included some stuff I'd never seen before. I'm breaking this into 5 groups: wood "A" has a grain similar to some of the locust I've seen before, and seems equally dense. I took pictures of 3 pieces that look similar, but then there was a fourth branch piece with the same type of grain but a smoother bark that reminds me of a cherry tree we used to have in the yard growing up.
Wood "B" is lighter, I can't tell if it's a soft wood or hard, but there's several more pieces I could go back for if it's worth it. All of the pieces are straight logs, perfectly round.
Wood "C" and "D" came from the same pile. My first thought was silver maple ("D"), I cut down what I thought was a silver maple in the spring and it looked a lot like this, fairly smooth gray/silver bark, white wood. But then some of the pieces in the pile had a rougher bark ("C" photos). Also, I noticed some drops of a deep purple sap on these pieces, with red fibers beneath the silver surface. It was average weight, not overly dense, but not exactly light like a soft wood. I'm trying to figure out if these are two types of wood or if they came from the same tree.
Wood "E" is pretty light, seems to be a softwood, but there's a lot more of it up there if it's worth burning. I lucked out and have some pics of leaves on this one, I'm sure that will help with the ID for you experienced guys out there.
Now for the really interesting one - never seen anything like this before. "F": there was only one branch piece, and what a strange looking bark on this one. Can't wait to hear what the opinions are on it.
I'm going to post the pics in seperate groups. Thanks for all the help!
First, I gotta say this forum is great. It's my first year cutting (and burning) and I'm trying to learn more all the time. I really appreciate all the feedback and posts, especially on wood ID's.
I picked up two loads from the tree service today. It was a mixed batch of wood and included some stuff I'd never seen before. I'm breaking this into 5 groups: wood "A" has a grain similar to some of the locust I've seen before, and seems equally dense. I took pictures of 3 pieces that look similar, but then there was a fourth branch piece with the same type of grain but a smoother bark that reminds me of a cherry tree we used to have in the yard growing up.
Wood "B" is lighter, I can't tell if it's a soft wood or hard, but there's several more pieces I could go back for if it's worth it. All of the pieces are straight logs, perfectly round.
Wood "C" and "D" came from the same pile. My first thought was silver maple ("D"), I cut down what I thought was a silver maple in the spring and it looked a lot like this, fairly smooth gray/silver bark, white wood. But then some of the pieces in the pile had a rougher bark ("C" photos). Also, I noticed some drops of a deep purple sap on these pieces, with red fibers beneath the silver surface. It was average weight, not overly dense, but not exactly light like a soft wood. I'm trying to figure out if these are two types of wood or if they came from the same tree.
Wood "E" is pretty light, seems to be a softwood, but there's a lot more of it up there if it's worth burning. I lucked out and have some pics of leaves on this one, I'm sure that will help with the ID for you experienced guys out there.
Now for the really interesting one - never seen anything like this before. "F": there was only one branch piece, and what a strange looking bark on this one. Can't wait to hear what the opinions are on it.
I'm going to post the pics in seperate groups. Thanks for all the help!
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