Wood ID please.....

[Efederlein]

Anyone know what I have here.....I am pretty sure it's a type of maple from the leaves that were left on tree.....thanks

 

[Whitespider]

Silver Maple... likely.
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[svk]

Silver maple.

 

[Efederlein]

Thanks fellas......good firewood....ok stuff.....any input ....I have access to more

 

[svk]

Dries super fast once split. Decent firewood. Burns clean.

 

[Efederlein]

Thx....is it better than elm ??

 

[svk]

Slightly less.

 

[Efederlein]

Thx for the quick info

 

[Jed1124]

I'm going more toward swamp red maple but it's about the same as silver maybe slightly better.

 

[Efederlein]

I'm going more toward swamp red maple but it's about the same as silver maybe slightly better.

That would be nice.......any thing to look for to know the difference ??

 

[Jed1124]

Bark is not as shaggy as silver. Leaf is very different too. They are both soft maple so similar. Swamp red will take a little longer to dry as it holds more water.

 

[jrider]

I would say swamp/red maple as well. Silver at that diameter should have rougher bark. Either way it's some sort of soft maple. It will dry quickly and burn quickly as well. Not a terrible firewood.

 

[Efederlein]

I will get a pic of some leaves next trip....maybe that can help ??

 

[Jed1124]

I will get a pic of some leaves next trip....maybe that can help ??

That will make it easy to id

 

[svk]

The nursery grown Silver maples won't shag out like the indigenous ones even when they get larger. Plus the limb wood on the bigger silvers takes a long time to get shaggy.

 

[Efederlein]

As promised....I got some leaf pics.....

Front and backside of leaf.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Red maple.

 

[Jed1124]

yup, red

 

[svk]

Red, I stand corrected.

 

[Efederlein]

Ok nice guys thanks......does that make it better on the firewood scale ??