Ash Question

[Treecutr]

I have done a lot of Ash trees this past summer and fall. The one thing I have noticed in EVERY one of them is the blood like grain color you see here. Is this common? First time I noticed it I was bucking some up on the ground and started seeing bright red chips flying off saw, I thought I cut myself and didn't realize it. LOL Just curious, god I love splitting Ash. So EASY


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[BigE]

I think what you are seeing might be some sort of mold or fungi.

Yep, ain't it great to split a nice piece of ash?
(sorry, had to go there).

 

[Treecutr]

Yeah, I knew someone would go there. Seems odd though a LOT of the ASh trees I did were like this, not all, but a lot.

 

[buzz sawyer]

I've seen that in Boxelder but not in Ash.

 

[lync]

Your right its boxelder AKA maple-ash

 

[TreePointer]

On first sight, the bark of a boxelder and its opposite branching make it easily mistakable for ash. That red stain inside tells me it's boxelder.

If no leaves, the buds/leaf scars may be used to differentiate boxelder from ash.

Also look at the end grain of your bucked logs. If it has an amoeba-shaped darker stain at the core, that's another tell for boxelder. This is known boxelder I cut last year (frozen):

 

[WSTREE]

I have done a lot of Ash trees this past summer and fall. The one thing I have noticed in EVERY one of them is the blood like grain color you see here. Is this common? First time I noticed it I was bucking some up on the ground and started seeing bright red chips flying off saw, I thought I cut myself and didn't realize it. LOL Just curious, god I love splitting Ash. So EASY


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[TreeandLand]

On first sight, the bark of a boxelder and its opposite branching make it easily mistakable for ash. That red stain inside tells me it's boxelder.

If no leaves, the buds/leaf scars may be used to differentiate boxelder from ash.

Also look at the end grain of your bucked logs. If it has an amoeba-shaped darker stain at the core, that's another tell for boxelder. This is known boxelder I cut last year (frozen):

I climbed an removed a boxelder last summer, and found it tricky to stand in with my spurs while cutting, because the trunk had a lot of curves. Anyone else had this problem? Fortunately there was an oak close by and I tied into it about 15 feet above where I was working which gave me the stability I needed.

 

[Stihl066]

that is not ash, of any sort. its boxelder. acer negundo. from the maple family. not at all related to ash. its a junk wood, burns like paper. and its a junk tree, messy, and unsightly.

 

[ctrees4$]

Ash also draws a little red bug. I cut several a year becouse the bug ends up in the ho house.My sinus and alergy kick in high gear when its run through the chipper.

 

[ctrees4$]

oooops!!!! I meant to type box elder!!!!!! MY BAD!!!:jawdrop: