Identify this wood

[lone wolf]

Could someone identify this wood for me? A buddy got some dropped off at his place and I can't seem to place it. Thanks!

Cottonwood, Sas is more orange .

 

[treeslayer2003]

Dang that's a brute for sassafras. Ever uproot a small one in the early early spring and peel root and make tea from it?

no but it does smell good. size on those seems to depend on what type ground its growing in. theres alot of it around here but very few big ones.

 

[jefflovstrom]

That's like saying oak is the same as beech since they have the same genus.

What?
Jeff

 

[jefflovstrom]

I never said they were.

Yeah, you did.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Cottonwood,Poplars,Aspen its all the same crap

 

[coltont]

Mike. I'm taking your advice your advice you kinda gave me the other day. I'm outta here. To the op I hope I helped you in some way.

 

[coltont]

One last thing. Poplar pays 700 a 1000bdft. That's hardly junk.

 

[treeslayer2003]

there seems to be some confusion over what poplar is.........here on the east coast it is tulip poplar wich is way different from any aspen or cotton wood. some of us never seen a aspen and some of you western guys never seen a tulip poplar.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I'm outta here. To the op I hope I helped you in some way.

Well, I doubt you did. Probably confused him more.
Jeff

 

[treeslayer2003]

One last thing. Poplar pays 700 a 1000bdft. That's hardly junk.

i make most of my money cutting poplar

 

[KenJax Tree]

There is about 30 different different species in the Populus genus and then divided into about six sections on the basis of leaf and flower characters. So yeah it varies from coast to coast

 

[Jed1124]

The confusion comes when folks call Tulip; Tulip Poplar. It's also called yellow poplar which is misleading as well. It's a member of the magnolia family as stated before and not a poplar at all. OP's wood looks like sassafrass.

 

[buzz sawyer]

fwiw - Cottonwood is also known as Carolina Poplar.

 

[James Stern]

Looks like tulip poplar.

 

[bitzer]

Ok poplar is yellow/tulip poplar of the east coast. Its an ancient tree of ancient lineage. We don't get them around here. Popple is big tooth aspen/quaking aspen here. To those that don't know what they are talking about that confuse the term popple and call it poplar. Cottonwood looks similar to aspen, but is even less valuable (if at all) and is called poplar by the same uneducated group. We don't have sassafrass here. The smell of the wood tells a lot. Don't worry about jeff, Colton, hes a jackass. He said they were in the same genus on the first page. Boxelder is in the same family as sugar maple so I guess they're the same tree too right? So to re-cap: aspen=popple=ok timber, Tulip/yellow poplar= good timber, cottonwood=junk.

 

[catbuster]

All my access roads are washed straight down to bare bedrock. There is nothing left. So walking the Cats and excavators in will be fun this afternoon. Here's to hoping I don't lose a half million dollar machine.

 

[catbuster]

All my access roads are washed straight down to bare bedrock. There is nothing left. So walking the Cats and excavators in will be fun this afternoon. Here's to hoping I don't lose a half million dollar machine.

Whoops. Tapatalk and I messed this one up. Sorry guys

 

[Fubar]

has this been posted twice or have i lost it ?
no matter what it is , it looks like free fire wood to me .

 

[treeslayer2003]

if it is sassafras, its the best kindling ever.

 

[Jed1124]

Ok poplar is yellow/tulip poplar of the east coast. Its an ancient tree of ancient lineage. We don't get them around here. Popple is big tooth aspen/quaking aspen here. To those that don't know what they are talking about that confuse the term popple and call it poplar. Cottonwood looks similar to aspen, but is even less valuable (if at all) and is called poplar by the same uneducated group. We don't have sassafrass here. The smell of the wood tells a lot. Don't worry about jeff, Colton, hes a jackass. He said they were in the same genus on the first page. Boxelder is in the same family as sugar maple so I guess they're the same tree too right? So to re-cap: aspen=popple=ok timber, Tulip/yellow poplar= good timber, cottonwood=junk.

Aspen would be a member of the populos genus making it a poplar. That's only if you want to go by the genus and stuff. Otherwise you could call it whatever you like.