To me it looks very similar to the Cucumber Tree officially known as Magnolia Acuminata. Magnolia acuminata - Cucumber-tree -- Discover Life It burns about the same as Poplar. Edited to add: After it's cut to firewood length, try splitting it using a splitting axe or maul, whichever you prefer. If it splits easy, the chances are good it is the Cucumber Tree. If it tends to be a bear to split the rounds using an axe or maul, the chances are good you have Gum. As for the leaves, Tupelo (gum) leaves are generally 3 to 6 inches in length. The Cucumber Tree can have leaves close to 10 inches in length. I still say it's the Cucumber Tree.
Oh boy, I just seen my typo...guess my keyboard typing is as bad as my tree typing! Poplar...sheesh! When I looked at that pic(s) again this morning I thought "that looks nothing like Poplar!" Dunno what I was thinkin...I swear I wasn't drinkin EDIT: It is kinda funny though...I said Pooplar and the next couple post start talking about the smell of the wood
The "splitting" test will quickly tell you if it's Tupelo.....that stuff is a sun-gun to split, even with hydraulics..... I'm kinda leaning towards tupelo myself......
Thats funny! Now I have to tell a story. Once at work I was sitting at my desk and got to feeling so bad I called the secretary and told her to just stay with me for a minute. She freaked and called an ambulance. At the hospital they couldn't find anything wrong with me. I was hooked to IVs and monitors and told them I had to go. They wanted me to use a bed pan. I told them to pull all that crap off of me because I was going to the bathroom. After that they released me, with no explanation of what was wrong except the nurse telling me that"remember, it's important to poop". No chit
Ha! Yeah, I suppose it even makes sense if you look at a BTU chart...just not what I meant to type...
tfdchief I'm with my neighbor, up heah, we knows maple, ash popular oak elm and those darn pines.. rare species iron wood.. but to toopela got me thing up on Internet so in short I can't help!
Well, I kind of like Pooplar even if it is poopy firewood! (boy ain't that the chits) So tfdchief Did you split any to find out if the wood was gum or the cucumber magnolia?
