I have two tree IDs I need help with. 1) I find this wood occasionally at the city dump. Most recently, I found more of the tree and it has a red cherry that it creates. VERY dense wood, think like Locust density. 2) In the property property I cut at 7900 feet, I've found some of this tree. It looks very much like Lodgepole but the bark is slightly different. Is this White fir? Completely white center, very tight growth rings. Thanks!
The bark almost looks like Pondersosa but you are probably familiar with that. I have no experience with white fir.
Ponderosa is a much thicker bark, and flaky. This has fooled me a few times thinking it was lodgepole. I'll take a picture side by side with a lodgepole as reference.
Yes. Doesn’t look like the white fir I’ve cut. It’s not ponderosa—Bark would be much thicker. Looks like some variety of pine, just don’t know which one. Reminds me of subalpine fir which grows around here at the higher altitudes. But if it’s very dense I have no idea.
I'm thinking it's either Lodgepole or a sub-species of Lodgepole. End grain looks a lot like Douglas Fir but it's white through and through. We have a subalpine fir out here, silvery in color and very light once dry.
The coniferous one looks like the Lodgepole I find around here. Good stuff if that’s what it is. The other one is crabapple. I scrounge a lot of it when I’m in the city. It’s incredible firewood. Burns hot. Coals up nicely and smells wonderful when it burns!
Beginning to think it's just lodgepole like you mentioned although in this portion of woods, some of the lodgepole bark looks slightly different than the same wood in another area I cut. Does the crabapple have a reddish center? This does.
Yep! Sure does! Crabapple is about as good as it gets. I take all I can find. I usually save it for a long, cold night. I always have nice coals in the morning.
I found about (3) 16"x5" round pieces. The rest was a knotty mess. I have an ugly pile I'm trying to get rid of and I'm promising myself I need to be more picky haha.
I use the Leafsnap app. You can ID using pictures of leaves, bark, flowers or fruit. It's definitely help, however, it doesn't always get it right. Sometimes its way off. There may be a better app out there...
