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Andy Konty

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A friend asked me take down some trees on his property and two of them are very old trees that were never cared for properly and are nearing a messy, limb-falling end. I'm getting plenty of hickory and oak for the stove from his place but I'm hesitant to take these down until I know what they are and I'm having a devil of a time identifying these two trees.

I took the end of a low branch home to help me ID the trees using the internet, but after a couple hours I'm still stumped. The flowers are classic Quercus but the leaves are not like any oak leaf I've ever seen, nor are they like any oak leaf I can find in any online guide.

I actually thought American Elm before I saw the flowers, but the real kicker is that on closer inspection some of the leaves are lobed while others are not, though non-lobed leaves are dominant.

I attached a picture of the leaves I brought home and you can see in the leaf on the far left a slight lobe, but none on the other leaves.

I don't want to take these trees down until I know what they are, in case they are too valuable to take down or burn.

So, any ideas from this picture? I can get pics of the full trees if you're as stumped as I am.KGs tree leaves.jpeg
 
I didn't know mulberry could grow that large until I looked up Morus rubra. That has to be it.
 
Any idea how it burns? I'm also thinking of turning some bowls or making table tops out of the crotches.
 
In my experience Mulberry is pretty wet, so like most wood needs to be well seasoned before burning. The stuff I have cut looks like baby food peaches in color. Hedge is in the same family, but Mulberry doesn't have the same BTU rating. Sweep's chart shows Mulberry at 23.2 BTU/cord
 
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