Wood Id

[Flint Mitch]

Any idea what this is? Just removed it from a local elderly gentleman who is unable to do it himself let alone pay someone. I'll take any free wood

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[redoakneck]

Maple???

 

[Flint Mitch]

That's kinda what I thought. Also I'm very new to all of this!!

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[moondoggie]

Maple???

Looks like black or sugar maple. Possibly.

 

[CrufflerJJ]

The bark looks a lot like maple to me.

 

[Jed1124]

Bark and opposite branch pattern of the branches.........maple fo sho

 

[Flint Mitch]

Bark and opposite branch pattern of the branches.........maple fo sho

Thank you

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[concretegrazer]

Looks like an elm to me.

 

[JeffGu]

"Your honor, this man has accused a Silver Maple of being the noxious weed known as Elm. We want him punished."
"Yes, a clear case of defamation of character. Bailiff, lock him up and throw away the key!"

 

[PJM]

Elm, not maple. You can see the egg galleries from the elm bark beetles in the wood sections in your first pic.

 

[JeffGu]

 

[BC WetCoast]

Elm, not maple. You can see the egg galleries from the elm bark beetles in the wood sections in your first pic.

But elms don't have opposite branching structure.

 

[buzz sawyer]

How about a closeup of some split wood? Sure looks like Elm to me.

 

[square1]

Elm

 

[Flint Mitch]

How about a closeup of some split wood? Sure looks like Elm to me.

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[JeffGu]

Oh, yeah.. definitely an elm...

 

[Flint Mitch]

Oh, yeah.. definitely an elm...

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Oh well. It'll burn just fine for the camp fire pit

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[JeffGu]

Sugar maple, soft maple... even elm... all burns fine in the house, too. You never see a big forum war over which is better, using a match or a Bic lighter to start a fire in the stove. They don't have exactly the same BTU output, chemical composition of the smoke, or smell... but nobody squabbles day after day about one or the other of them being not "good enough" to light a stove with. When I'm standing in the living room in my skivvies around the middle of January, I honestly can't tell what kind of wood is burning in there. I'm either freezing my nuts off because the fire went out, or they're getting sweaty cuz I'm standing too close to it. But I've never heard the stove start screaming, "Oh, you heretic! You put SOFT maple in me! I wanted HARD maple, you bastard!" or anything like that.

Just sayin'.

 

[acer-kid]

Siberian silver elmple.

 

[acer-kid]

Ulmus americana


Acer saccharinum