So i had a maple tree and red oak tree that apparently grew out of the same spot lol. The top of the maple tree busted out so it was time to take the maple down and turn it into saw log and firewood. Can anybody ID what type of maple this is? It doesnt look like the sugar maple on my place, but it was pretty dense. I plunge cut the maple so as to minimize the disturbance/damage to the big red oak. two tress grown together: Pic of top that busted out of the maple: Picture of stump after i dropped the maple "half": Picture of the trunk on the ground, the 9 ft section will be a saw log: Some splits from the busted out top:
I’m going to go with red (soft) maple. The bark varies quite a bit with age and location but I’ve seen plenty that looked like that.
I say red maple as well. Most common tree in here in Connecticut. Pretty cool how two different species will grow that close. I have a basswood and birch like that in my woods
