is this maple, but what kind.

[woodcutter69]

I think this is a maple, is it the soft maple or hard maple, is it good wood to burn.View attachment 79034

 

[toddstreeservic]

looks like a silver maple to me. All maple is good to burn.

 

[split4fun]

i believe it is silver maple-it burns fine,but not real hot. save it for early spring burning

 

[Lignum]

looks like a silver maple to me. All maple is good to burn.

:agree2:

 

[Geez]

One rule of thumb is to look at the leaves. The deeper the 'cuts' between the leaf lobes, the softer the maple.

 

[pdqdl]

Looks like a silver to me.

Around here, silver maple is not very popular. It burns up pretty quickly. I like to have some in the stack of firewood, because it starts a fire so much easier than Hedge, Locust, Mulberry, or Oak.

It splits very easy, too.

 

[woodcutter69]

ya it did split very easy, I dont have a whole lot to get but I am desperate for firewood.

 

[ray benson]

Silver Maple. It along with elm and oaks are the main woods in my area. I never pass up silver maple.

 

[Zodiac45]

All maple is good maple! As long as you split it and let is season for 6 months or so, it's great firewood.

 

[danrclem]

The silver maple that I've had sure seems to get punky pretty quick.

 

[Echo-man]

yup, that's silver maple. I have a huge tree in front yard that I just had trimmed up. Had a tree service come in and take 2 big limbs off (one went over my house and one went over the neighbors cars) and some smaller ones just to lighten up the canopy. I had them chip the brush and leave me anything larger than 3" in diameter. I cut and split it and just those 2 limbs got me almost 2 face cord of wood. It's great wood to split.

 

[Wet1]

Great wood to split, but it burns hot and fast once seasoned. Silver and red maple are only a little better than willow or pine IMO, now sugar maple OTOH is good stuff to burn.

 

[woodbooga]

now sugar maple OTOH is good stuff to burn.

And it lives up to its nickname hard maple come splittin time. Got a truckload of pre-bucked 10"-30" rounds of the stuff. Whew! I earned my btu's splitting them. Broke down and ripped a couple of them. Don't like to do than. Makes me feel like a piece of wood has defeated me.

Strangely, I've never burnt silver maple but everything I've heard here and elsewhere is consistent with what's posted above.