Can anyone identify this tree?

[Oletrapper]

they get big too
that's one in my avatar

But I think that's a dead one. lmao OT

 

[dboyd351]

Yes
tornados do that

 

[diver64]

So do ice storms. I remember what must be 20 yrs or more ago when a giant ice storm swept through Quebec an Northern New England destroying sugar bushes. Predictions were very dire for the tree's and production but within a few years the trees didn't die but proved far more resilient than was thought. I'd not cut that beech down for a few years at least to see what will happen.

 

[dboyd351]

That tornado is what got me into chainsaws in a big way
Four of those giant Beech were knocked down along with some hickories and other trees.
my father's caretaker for the property was charging him $20 an hour to cut them up plus he was keeping the firewood
$20 back then was worth 40 or 50 now.
I told my dad he should either be charging for the cutting, but not keeping the wood or doing the cutting for free and keeping wood, but not but not both.
I ended up buying some big used saws and cutting up the remaining trees myself.

 

[HavinFun]

28” Beech that was standing dead. I saved 15’ of the trunk in the hope someone could turn it into wood slabs. After a while I realized there was more value in the firewood than as a source of wood. Round, straight, and dry with beautiful grain. Felt lousy cutting it up. My Beech are dying from Beech bark disease and Beech borer insects. I have a smaller 50’ tree to drop, would like to see wood go to slabs than fire. I’m in northeast if anyone interested. If you look close at picture you see the bark flaking off from bark disease. Last two pictures are of petrified giant Beech coming out of the ground near a marsh on my property. They were covered with fine silt in ice age and didn’t rot. Very unique.