Wood ID

[jrider]

Chatted with a guy whose dad lined their long driveway with the exact same tree years ago and he said some kind of poplar but didn't know anymore than that. I'm going with some sort of cottonwood as per the info lone wolf has offered up. He is usually really good with tree id.

 

[lone wolf]

Chatted with a guy whose dad lined their long driveway with the exact same tree years ago and he said some kind of poplar but didn't know anymore than that. I'm going with some sort of cottonwood as per the info lone wolf has offered up. He is usually really good with tree id.

I only cut a few of them around here you got many by you? They get bigger then most trees here.

 

[msmith]

Not a Lombardy for sure. Could be a hybrid poplar which is a cottonwood cross. I'm sticking with Aspen


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[jrider]

I only cut a few of them around here you got many by you? They get bigger then most trees here.

Not a whole lot but it seems they were somewhat popular to plant roughly 30-40 years ago.

 

[stumpy75]

I'd go with some type of hybrid poplar then... Black cottonwood (which is native to the Pacific NW), was used as a lot of the stock that were hybidized with other poplars to make the so-called "hybrid poplars" of 30-40 years ago.

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[deutzman]

I'm usually pretty good but this has me stumped. Wood is soft but surprisingly heavy. View attachment 433990View attachment 433991 View attachment 433992

You have a Hybrid Poplar. I have 8 of them. Took one down back in March. Bark, leaves and color of the wood and even the dark center are just what you have. Mine was 30 years old and about 50ft high. Very heavy wood when green. Dries out pretty fast and is very light after sap is gone.

 

[Pruning@trunk]

bark looks like poplar but the leaves don't