Storm brings a new haul - is it poplar?

Weird mid Summer storm the other night. I love going for a drive after a storm. You never know what's come down.
Sure enough:




Just down the road!

The local council usually come cut the small stuff and then leave rounds for anyone to pick up. Sure enough a drive by today and I hauled this:

But left some nice large rounds for the next hoarder.


Does anyone recognize the species? I'm thinking it's Poplar. Which means I now have a cube of kindling!
I don't usually stop to worry about that when there's a good haul though.


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Nice of them to cut to manageable sizes! Good find.

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I don't think it is poplar. The bark does not look right.

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No fair. I have no idea what kind of trees you have in NZ.

 

I dunno, kinda looks like cottonwood?? Im not good at tree ID.

 

Agreed, if it were in the US. Maybe it's transplanted.(?)

 

Looks like silver maple to me.

 

Doesn't look like the poplar I have

 

Thanks to all of you for NOT saying 'where's the photo of the leaves?' The fallen tree pics were from Facebook, and by the time I took a pic it had been processed.
I thought it was a hardwood at the time. I'm thinking poplar now. Will go see if there's a leaf left over and do a bit of googling too.

Cheers!


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Gum trees. You know the kind that kuckaburra birds sit it. Lol
That and eucalyptus, and Australian Pine, outside of palm trees.

I know, it's NZ and not Australia. I won't make any sheep jokes.

 

Does not look like any poplar that I have seen. The bark is thick and coarse like cotton wood.

 

The whole tree was swiped up in a few hours, so even if it's not Poplar, it was VERY popular.


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Mag Craft, is cottonwood pretty light when it dries out ? I think most of this weight is water, and it looks like it will dry like balsa wood. I'm splitting it into kindling at the moment.


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Yep like Savage has said it does dry out light. I burn a lot of cottonwood and it does leave a lot of ash but we do not have a lot of hard woods here so I have become used to it. It will also leave more coals then the pine I burn, so it does provide a combination of qualities that I may not get other wise. The main thing is that it does heat my home and I get it free. I will not get long burn times but I am retired and on a cold winter day I am not going anywhere so tending the fire is no big deal.

 

I have one stack here that is about 50 feet long of nothing but cotton wood. It has been sitting now for about 2 years. Will probably not use for another 2 years.

 

Mag Craft, is that because it takes that long to dry? Good to know if so. I'll stack it somewhere more permanent if it needs a few years.


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Actually in my part of the country cottonwood will dry out pretty good in about 2 years. I am far enough ahead in firewood now that anything that I cut now and stack I will not use for 4 years.