What kind of tree is this?
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tomtrees58
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looks like black walnut
StihlyinEly
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It's not an elm. Looks like black walnut to me, too. The paired leaves combined with the lack of a single terminal leaf narrows it way down.
Grace Tree
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Looks like Walnut to me. Isn't winged elm a southern tree?
Phil
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StihlyinEly
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Comes up to southern Ill., Ind., and Mo. It's not a winged elm anyway. Aside from other differences (leaf pattern and leaf serrations are wrong), there are no wings on the twigs in the pictured tree.
Yea I think you guys are right. It gets those big green balls (walnuts I am guessing) during the year at some point. I went out and looked for some and I think their landscaper cleaned them all up. How is black walnut as firewood? I think I have burned some before and it has a really nice smell and wood grain and color is awesome....am I right?
StihlyinEly
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Inside those balls, if you peel them, are the walnuts still in the hard shell. They don't look like the shells you buy in the grocery store during Christmas season, but are dark, smaller and rougher.
It's good firewood, but you should think in terms of cutting a couple 8-foot+ saw logs to either get milled for lumber or sell to someone who wants the lumber. Walnut is sought after for many woodworking uses. This tree looks mature enough that you could get a couple-three saw logs and still have plenty of wood unsuitable for lumber that you could cut into firewood lengths.
ropensaddle
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All of the walnut family including hickory's pecans are excellent firewood but is more valued for veneer!
I don't even know if there is a mill around Philly. He said I could have the wood if I help him take it down. How much money do you typically get for black walnut?
ryan_marine
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Price varies from area to area. Here walnut is now up to $1.00 per BF delivered.
Ray
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walnut possibly white walnut.
Here is a picture of a cookie I cut from a walnut. Beautiful wood isn't it? I think this particular tree was a butternut walnut. Correct me if I'm wrong...but butternut walnut has a teardrop shape to its end of the green fruit. The Black Walnut is perfectly round.
thepheniox
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As some has said it is diffinately Butternut. I don't think it is actually that good for firewood. On second look I could not say Butternut for sure but it is one or the other. Anyone I know that has burnt either has said it is not that good to burn.
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ropensaddle
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It is prime hardwood of great quality for firewood and cabinets,woodworking.
It may not be Ash or white and red oak but it burns and throws off significant heat.
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StihlyinEly
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Butternut (Juglans cinerea) has the same opposite leaf pattern and nearly the same looking leaf as the walnut, but butternut has a single terminal leaf at the end of the shaft. Black walnut (Juglans nigra) does not. Walnut ends in a leaf pair, as in the example pictured. That means this is a walnut. Walnut fruit husks range from very slightly elongated to perfectly round (almost all are round). Butternut husks are all longer/narrower. Butternut husks are also very sticky to the touch, which I haven't found with walnut.
Walnut is good burning wood. Black walnut has about 20 MBTU per cord, which puts it up a bit better than red maple, white birch and black ash. "White walnut" is just another name for butternut. The wood is more pale, thus the "white" description, and butternut is down below 15 MBTU/cord.
Walnut is good burning wood. Black walnut has about 20 MBTU per cord, which puts it up a bit better than red maple, white birch and black ash. "White walnut" is just another name for butternut. The wood is more pale, thus the "white" description, and butternut is down below 15 MBTU/cord.
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howellhandmade
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Depends on how much of a yard tree it is, too. Most mills won't touch it if it's at all likely to have hardware in it. It is beautiful wood, though.
Jack
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Yep, walnut. I have 2 big ones in my yard. I hate them, and so does the lawn mower blades.
RacerX
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Judging from the bark and what other have posted about the leaves, I would go with Black Walnut too.
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