Tree ID

[Jmaffei]

Friend is offering me this wood, he took these pics, wondering what you guys thought. I am thinking either white oak or silver maple with the latter being more likely. Also the pic of the live tree is one he says looks the same and his yard is full of. Thanks, James


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[lone wolf]

hickory

 

[Jmaffei]

What makes you think that, shaggy bark? I trust you guys way more than me, I've just seen a lot of silver maple and white oak with shaggy bark around here, it does look like there might be some hickory leaves up in the corner of that pic.

 

[lone wolf]

What makes you think that, shaggy bark? I trust you guys way more than me, I've just seen a lot of silver maple and white oak with shaggy bark around here, it does look like there might be some hickory leaves up in the corner of that pic.

yes the bark

 

[Jmaffei]

Haha he just sent me leaf pics, def hickory, jackpot!!!

 

[Jmaffei]

My brother has been harassing me forever to get him some for smoking, he already jacked all my apple and gonna try some cherry and pear here soon.

 

[DIESELBOB]

hickory

Hurry up and grab it. Hickory is great fire wood. I think it is better then oak.

 

[Hedgerow]

Haha he just sent me leaf pics, def hickory, jackpot!!!

Lucky dog... Findin a good shagbark hickory around my place is like finding the holy Grail...

 

[Jmaffei]

I agree Hedgerow, I have seen plenty of hickory around here, but never been able to get one, let alone a shagbark. There are a ton of nice hickory's behind where I work, but they are either mockernut or pignut, havent really looked that close. They grow a lot slower than oaks from what I have seen, the diam. on even tall one is usually much less. I dunno how much I wanna burn or smoke, does anyone know the best way to process wood for smoking?

 

[Hedgerow]

I agree Hedgerow, I have seen plenty of hickory around here, but never been able to get one, let alone a shagbark. There are a ton of nice hickory's behind where I work, but they are either mockernut or pignut, havent really looked that close. They grow a lot slower than oaks from what I have seen, the diam. on even tall one is usually much less. I dunno how much I wanna burn or smoke, does anyone know the best way to process wood for smoking?

Shorter smaller pieces for smoking.

 

[J.W Younger]

I do like me sum hickery come jan-feb, but then u got hedge and I dont an stuff
hedgerow.

 

[Jmaffei]

I would love to score me some hedge, my top three others I'd love to find are black birch, black locust, and beech.

 

[Hedgerow]

I do like me sum hickery come jan-feb, but then u got hedge and I dont an stuff
hedgerow.

You'll get to take some cookies of it home with you come October ... Or I can just throw an extra log of it on the trailer.:msp_wink:

 

[Hedgerow]

I would love to score me some hedge, my top three others I'd love to find are black birch, black locust, and beech.

Beech Is on my wish list too... I miss em down here.:frown:

 

[Jmaffei]

According to tree id book beech grows in my area, haven't seen it yet, apparently up north and in europe it will make whole forests or subsections of forest.

 

[Hedgerow]

According to tree id book beech grows in my area, haven't seen it yet, apparently up north and in europe it will make whole forests or subsections of forest.

Beech trees are awesome!!! I know there's better firewood trees, but I remember 2 beech trees on my grandfather's place, that were like condominiums in the air for a bow hunter... They were there and large when my grandfather was a kid... He was born in 1919... I'm kind of a tree geek...:msp_rolleyes:

 

[Steve2910]

Beech trees are awesome!!! I know there's better firewood trees, but I remember 2 beech trees on my grandfather's place, that were like condominiums in the air for a bow hunter... They were there and large when my grandfather was a kid... He was born in 1919... I'm kind of a tree geek...:msp_rolleyes:

I know what you mean... there was one in the woods next to my parents' place that had to be 5 or 6' DBH. I used to look @ it as a kid & wonder how old it was. The woods was logged several years ago & of course they took it. Still rubs me wrong every time I think of it.

 

[Jmaffei]

So I got most of the hickory today, it seemed rather dry even being down only a week or so, must have something to do with not getting rain for a month in this heat. Just for future reference, that pic of the live tree I put up was actually a white oak.

 

[Hedgerow]

So I got most of the hickory today, it seemed rather dry even being down only a week or so, must have something to do with not getting rain for a month in this heat. Just for future reference, that pic of the live tree I put up was actually a white oak.

What live tree??? All I saw was cut up chunks... :msp_rolleyes:

 

[Jmaffei]

The 2nd pic I posted, unless you are joking ( I'm not good with those faces) in which case yeah I wouldn't mind cutting that tree up either, pretty huge white oak.