Wood ID Help

[Husqavarna Guy]

Hey guys maybe you can help. I think it's some kind of maple but not sure?

 

[Herd8497]

Looks like white oak more so than the maple I have come across,

 

[blacklocst]

Cottonwood?

 

[audible fart]

It has Silver maple characteristics but i'm not willing to bet $ on it. I'm viewing it from a tiny old phone.

 

[JHank]

I'd go with maple.

 

[CTYank]

Sugar maple, far as I can tell from pic with bruised bark. Clearer pic would help a lot. It'll burn. Sugar much higher density than red.

 

[mr.finn]

Judging from the bark and being from Co. i would guess Cottonwood like Black Locust said. Any other pics?

 

[Husqavarna Guy]

Yeah I cut tons of cottonwood around here and it's not that. This is way heavier and denser.

 

[woodsplitta]

silver maple

 

[Husqavarna Guy]

How long does it take to dry? Does it burn ok? It's sure heavy green.

 

[flotek]

You really need to add a couple more pics . If I had to make a guess I'd say silver maple . Whatever it is it appears to be from the maple family

 

[buzz sawyer]

From those two pics I'd have to say silver maple as well. Makes decent firewood and the smoke smells pretty good.

 

[woodsplitta]

Dries pretty quick, 1 season will do as long as its not large splits. Burns fast, coals poorly, good shoulder season fuel. As long as its free and close to home I grab all I can. Some of the silvers around here can get huge esp. yard trees.

 

[Husqavarna Guy]

Here's some more pics guys.

 

[unclemoustache]

I think I'll go with silver maple as well. Not great in BTU's, but splits easy, it's nice and light, dries quick, leaves little ash. Great for spring and fall burning.

 

[Cheesecutter]

Looks like silver maple to me also. I burn plenty of it, I don't mind it at all.

 

[audible fart]

silver maples grow like weeds around here, and the slightest storms break them like richard simmons at boot camp. I never turn it down unless it's gone sponge. Here is a photo of some scrounged silver maple in the bed of the 5 speed audiblefart mobile.

 

[audible fart]

Here is the silver maple that used to be in my front yard. It all burned up now. Had to cut it down because some annoying, gay woodpeckers destroyed it.

 

[Husqavarna Guy]

Thanks guys. I took down another maple for my neighbors and it has darker bark and is very heavy even after drying for 3 years. What kind of maple would that be?

 

[stumpy75]

Being that it's a heavy, yard tree in Colorado, I'll take a WAG and say norway maple.