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Japanese Maple

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  1. Dead Cutter

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    Scored a fairly large Bloodgood Maple from my dad. Probably a little less than half a cord but for the life of me I can't find anything to tell me how dense this wood is. I know its ornamental so that kills a lot of info but this stuff is heavy even when its dry (standing dead). Kinda feels like dogwood but I throw it out to the community, anyone have a clue?

    What say you?
     
  2. MikeInMa

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    Have ya' got a picture of the bark, end cut, split?
     
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    It’s rock hard wood. It’s gotta make decent heat. Reminds me more of hornbeam than dogwood.
     
  4. Eric Wanderweg

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    I’ve been wondering about these trees myself. :popcorn: It seems almost every other house in my town has one planted in the front yard. Mostly smaller trees but I’ve seen a few large canopies. They look like mostly limb wood but hey, it’ll burn.
     
  5. Dead Cutter

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    I could post one but I used to work at a nursery and I planted the tree myself 25 years ago (last years cold snap killed it). Its a Japanese Bloodgood ornamental broadleaf for sure. As Eric said its limb wood for 95% of the tree but I just don't know the hardness or BTU value. Its going to burn and probably well. I was just hoping for a more scientific reference. I can't argue with the hornbeam I have no experience with that. Ill post a pic tomorrow.
     
  6. Ron T

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    Here is mine. At least 30 years old.
     
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    If they’re all that small it seems kind of pointless to make it into firewood
     
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    My thoughts. Mine is the biggest I've ever seen.
     
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    The one Ron T has looks like an overgrown Bonsai. There must be several different varieties grown here in the USA. A lot of what I've seen in my area look like this:
    Bloodgood Japanese Maple Tree
     
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    Overgrown Bonsai, that right there is funny. Even the ones you linked look pretty small with minimal firewood though Eric.
     
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    The largest I've seen in person was pushing about 20 feet tall with a very wide canopy. Probably nothing I'd go after intentionally (like Locust) but if the opportunity came up I probably wouldn't turn it down either.
     
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