My neighbor may be taking down a very old tree. I am not tree expert, but I'd guess at least 100 years old. He says he thinks it may be dying. I don't see any signs of that, and I honestly and hoping he doesn't cut it down. However, if he does, he wanted to give me the option to keep it for firewood. Before agreeing, I want to know what kind of tree it is. I can be a bit picky, because I am 2/3 full of wood for next year already, and I only have room on my property to store 1 years worth of wood at a time, so unless it is very good firewood, I may take a pass on it. The diameter at the base is a good 3 1/2 ft. Anybody have any ideas what kind of tree this is?
Looks like hackberry to me. Pretty good wood, drys somewhat fast. Coals good, it’s a notch below ash in my opinion.
Looks like hackberry to me. We have one out front with exactly the same bark. It's in the elm family.
without looking at the other replies i say hackberry. Never have cut any and have only seen two trees in my lifetime. One in the front yard of my late fathers house. Has it leaved on all the limbs? Looks like some may be dead.
I’ve never actually seen poison ivy in person. I’ve heard we have it in some areas in Colorado. But I’ve spent my entire life in the woods and have never seen it. I’m kinda shocked to just see it growing all gangbusters in someone’s yard.
The house partially burned down almost 2 years ago and it still hasn't been fixed and the entire property has not been taken care of since even before the fire. It's pretty annoying. I am building an 8 foot fence so I don't have to look into his yard anymore.
Ive seen 2" vines with the "hair" holding so tight you need an axe or saw to remove it from the round. The only time i get it (very mild) is warmer weather when i scrounge roadside wood thats more in the open. My bare sweaty arms will get a small rash a couple days later. Im still mind full of it though.
My Dad got some in the 1970's. I would guess he was up by Nederland or down in the Frying Pan but not sure. He did not get it on his skin but came down with it everywhere that night. Fast forward to next trip, we went to some ponds near town, no poison ivy anywhere and he the same thing happened Turns out is was on his fishing vest. He arrived home, took vest off and showered, thus while he washed with soap spread it all over !!! Not funny but after he figured it out is was
Sure looks like hackberry to me. I've never cut it burned it though. It doesn't have the best BTU's, but it's good shoulder season wood.
Thanks for all the responses. Definitely seems to be hackberry. I am hoping he doesn't cut it, but if he does, I think I'll pass. I've already got about 3-4 cords of Ash, Red Oak, and Maple, and my woodshed is close to full. That hackberry would more than fill it the rest of the way, but I'll probably have my shed filled with more oak and ash before that happens anyway, so no reason for me to hold off on local hoarding just to get his hackberry, even though the convenience of next door would be nice.
That amazes me that you've never seen poison ivy! Lucky you! I'll have to take some pics and post sometime to show some real gangbusters ivy...
Yea no kidding, very fortunate. I peeled a vine 4.5" in diameter off a standing dead Ash I had to take down. Ugly sucker it was. I don't react too badly to it either, but I don't care for it.
