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It might be persimmon.
A little light in color though.
A little light in color though.
From a phone screen, it looks like box elder to me. I think I see opposite branching.
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My best guess is ash- ash and box elder look a lot alike and this tree is pretty big for an ash tree. the branchs look like ash. If you cut it and the inside has red streaks in it- it is box elder.
Bark looks like the blue ash I cut down on my property 
Wow! That’s one big-ash tree!
Doesn't look like box elder to me. Ash-like bark, but I'm not convinced. Twigs and/or buds would help.
Positive ID: yard tree.
Positive ID: yard tree.
Actually, box elder might be right. Hard to tell. Twigs and buds would tell the story.
Me too
panolo
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Ash. Cut a big one like that this summer. No way a box elder wouldn't be twisted up 2' from the ground if it was that big.
Alrighty then. I cut a similar sized ash a couple years ago, but the bark wasn’t as pronounced as this.
that will be good for milling and firewood. It’s a big tree.
that will be good for milling and firewood. It’s a big tree.
When you cut it, show us a pic of an end cut. That will confirm for sure what it is. Any pink/red in the middle of the round, and it's boxelder.
And reading of others not thinking ash could get that big, I must be in an area that ash liked. When the EAB hit this area(ground zero), I helped process a lot of 3 foot DBH trees in my neighbors yards. Lots of big rounds. Last time I will probably do that, as those suckers are heavy!
And reading of others not thinking ash could get that big, I must be in an area that ash liked. When the EAB hit this area(ground zero), I helped process a lot of 3 foot DBH trees in my neighbors yards. Lots of big rounds. Last time I will probably do that, as those suckers are heavy!
I would think the box elder couldn't get that big, but we don't have much of that around here.
We have a number of very large ash trees around here. As I mentioned, I cut one that size a couple years ago.
We have a number of very large ash trees around here. As I mentioned, I cut one that size a couple years ago.
About 2 or 3 years ago now, my snap on man had 2 large ash trees taken down in his property and he gave me the wood. I was making 2 passes with a 24" bar till roughly halfway up each stick. They can get plenty from what I've seen.
Well, since I first looked at the pic on a cell phone, I have been able to look at it on a PC. I didn't realize how big it was. I've seen many multi-stem boxelders that big, but they usually had 3-4 trunks and branched a few feet up. Based on the size and bark, I'm now with the ash crowd. A smaller single-stem tree with that bark might have been boxelder, but something that big is probably ash. Still, let us know what the wood looks like. 
It'll probably be a couple weeks before I get around to it.
The stump is still standing the better half wants a sculpture .
Interested to see the heartwood
