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[Ronaldo]

How about this wood?

Is this Box Elder too?

Not Boxelder. Thinking it looks like an Oak of some kind or perhaps a Maple.

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[ri chevy]

Definitely not oak or maple. Someone mentioned Aspen about a week ago. Soft, meaty wood.

 

[Ronaldo]

OK. Yes, I could go along with that.

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[ri chevy]

Aspen? I did a little research after it was mentioned. I didn't think it fit the on line description. Plus, this tree was about 150 to 175 feet long and about 18" in diameter.

 

[Ronaldo]

Aspen? I did a little research after it was mentioned. I didn't think it fit the on line description. Plus, this tree was about 150 to 175 feet long and about 18" in diameter.

Poplar is similar and in the same family as Aspen, I think. Is that a possibility?

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[ri chevy]

It could be Poplar. I will check on that. Thanks.

 

[Ronaldo]

Welcome. I know Poplar will grow tall like that with a fairly small circumference.

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[svk]

How about this wood?

Is this Box Elder too?

Definitely Aspen

 

[svk]

Aspen? I did a little research after it was mentioned. I didn't think it fit the on line description. Plus, this tree was about 150 to 175 feet long and about 18" in diameter.

18" diameter should have a tree that's about 75' tall. Twice that length would be an absolutely massive tree.

 

[ri chevy]

That's why I didn't think it fit the criteria of Aspen. Tree was too tall.

 

[ri chevy]

Does Aspen smell like sh't?
Horse manure smell.

 

[svk]

That's why I didn't think it fit the criteria of Aspen. Tree was too tall.

Did you measure it? Some of them I've seen have a solid 60 or so feet of main trunk but taper out pretty quickly after that.

 

[svk]

Does Aspen smell like sh't?
Horse manure smell.

Cottonwood......

 

[Ronaldo]

Does Aspen smell like sh't?
Horse manure smell.

Stinky like a Cottonwood!

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[ri chevy]

I walked it off. Definitely 150 feet tall.

 

[Ronaldo]

Cottonwood......

Jinx!

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[ri chevy]

Lol. I will research Cottonwood too.

Stringy bark
Smells like sh't
Not straight grained
Soft, meaty wood

 

[treebilly]

I'm going with cottonweed of some sort. Poplar is in the same family though. Aspen is as well. Your box alder was identified. It's part of the acer family which makes it a maple. It's in there with the soft maples so the btu's aren't the best. But as I've been told " I've never had a log on fire not burn my hand when I grabbed it". That was told to me by a drunken old man that I was called in to remove a willow tree ( that he fell) off of his house

 

[Erik B]

Rats. OK. Thanks for that identification. I wonder where all the red comes from?

@ri chevy Wood turners like Box elder wood because of the red in it.

 

[svk]

Well it's definitely an Aspen family member by bark. And it's taller than an Aspen grows. And if it smells like crap it's gotta be a cottonwood.

The only cottonwood I've dealt with smelled like a filled baby diaper roasted in a plastic bag for a few days. Yes, that bad lol.