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Bark Trivia

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Jan 15, 2024.

  1. SD Steve

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    Looks like American Elm to me
     
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    I got it wrong and I even have a Norway Maple in my backyard:picard:
     
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  3. billb3

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    Looks like Norway maple to me.

    Plenty of them around me. The town had a tree planting program late fifties/early sixties and they planted hundreds of them roadside in people's front yards that requested them. 30 years later they were being cut down beacuse no one could grow a front lawn under them without a LOT of effort, but that was enough time for thousands to come up in those same people's back yards and between fences. They're all over now. They make decent firewood and the stumps rot fairly quick. Little kids like the seed pods.
     
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    The bark can vary a lot based on tree size. The pictured one really looks like ash, why i posted it.
    Any pics of the bark Steve?
     
  5. isaaccarlson

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    I have had quite a few trees fool me with the bark. Not a big deal unless you are paying for what you are not getting, lol.
     
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