Another Id this tree thread

[2FatGuys]

+1 on the big a$$ Poplars! We do a lot of poplar take-downs. Here in NC, it's not uncommon to find a 42"+ DBH Tulip Poplar. Last year we had to clean up a 50" that finally fell. We also took down a few in the 36"-45" range. We just (last week) turned down the opportunity to bid on a removal of one that appeared to be about 48". Too many variables with its location and health.

I agree that the one shown here is NOT poplar. (At least not like any here.) The poplars here would have shattered the top when they hit the ground.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Pic Time!!!

I went out to take these and was shocked again when I walked up to it, pics dont even do it justice. I cant even get a pic of the entire tree, but youll get the idea.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

 

[jerry wayne]

1st. wife

:jawdrop: that last picture looks like a possition my 1st wife could get into.....wow,what a landing.....good luck getting it outta there

 

[farmer]

Tulip poplar [tuliptree -yellow poplar] is in a different family than cottonwood and quaking aspen [poplar]

 

[2FatGuys]

Farmer - You are right. But BOTH families of trees are called "poplar" in their own regions. Yellow-Poplar or Tulip-Poplar is the tallest tree on the east coast. In the Jopyce Kilmer National Forest ("I think that I shall never see..." etc.), there are trees in the 150' range that are 7' DBH. Generalizing, saying that poplars don't get that big, is a mistake. We see them, climb them, and remove them frequently. The "Populous" family, which includes the cottonwoods and aspens you mention, doesn't get as big as the Tulip-Poplar.

 

[farmer]

We have cottonwood that gets 5feet dbh here. The poplar in the same family- about 2 feet.

 

[mayor]

Hmmm...would be interesting too see the bark closer....I have too agree though....poplar limbs are brittle and would have shattered toward the ends upon landing.....guessing at the pics. available I would lean toward ASH!

 

[mayor]

If it IS poplar...or Ash.....you have a really nice sawlog in the bottom of it!!! Maybe 2! Call the local sawmills if you cant handle it.....they will bring a loader truck out and cut it down for the sawlogs and pay you for them...you walk away with a pocket full of cash, the whole top on the ground....and a load or two of firewood ta boot!
And the homeowner standing there saying..."Hey!...wait a second"!!! hehehe...anyway..he should be happy about the whole situation also because you removed the problem tree from the premises!!!

 

[stdydub]

They are in the same family. Poplar usually is small. Cottonwood can get to be quite large.

farmer we just worked up a 100 footer the other day....100 footers everywhere loggers didnt even take...



husq
hardy 180k btu

 

[stdydub]

oh btw i didnt read whole post thats a cottonwood fo sho!! 1% chance ash






love my hardy

 

[allthegross]

i had one come down in the same storm you did ill post a pic but its black elm top came off. it was eaten bug's 3 quarters of the way up the tree. i took the rest of it down and got about a quarter cord

 

[farmer]

If you look at the original post where I say poplars don't get big I am speciffically refering to the poplar in the populas [cotonwod] family. Not tuliptree.