We do see some cottonwoods that have some thick bark but they can't compare with some of those western trees.
What the heck is that? Never seen one of whatever that is. Popple? Usually when I hear that name used I think in conjunction with Poplar which I also equate with Tulip.
Poplar around here is the tulip or aspen in my mind. I believe cottonwood/aspen/popple are one in the same out West. It does get confusing.
Ok, I see. In that case my next firewood vs firewood voting contest is Poplar vs Popple. I love chaos
I have a couple of those here. Not quite so deeply fissured. Not sure what kind of poplar they are so I just call them poplars. I only cut one up for firewood once and honestly I'd rather spend my time processing pine, which I have tons of. Pine might not burn for very long but at least it gets hot. Supposed to make pretty good boards for painting though.
Confusing indeed. Over the summer when I was grabbing all that Tulip Poplar off the side of route 9, I had grabbed a bunch of 4' logs of mystery wood. I thought at the time, hey, whatever it is it'll burn so I'm taking it. Turns out what I grabbed was Bigtooth Aspen, and a fair amount of it. The Bigtooth is different from the Quaking Aspen too, which can be confused with White Birch. You're right too, they do belong to the Cottonwood family. Species characteristics | North Central Region Aspen Management Guide I threw some smaller dry splits of Bigtooth Aspen and Eastern Cottonwood in the fire this past Saturday night and they didn't burn worth a d@mn LOL. The bark kind of caught fire, flamed up a tiny bit, but for the most part the splits just smoldered. I had other decent wood going in there too so eventually everything burned up, but I was not impressed. Lesson learned, no more Bigtooth Aspen OR Cottonwood for me. I'll stick to Tulip Poplar, conifers and soft maple for shoulder wood. Not all free wood is worth the trouble, especially if you're dragging it up steep banks in the middle of the night on the side of the highway
Out here the aspen is quaking aspen and it is completely different from the bark on cottonwood. Maybe you have a different aspen in the east.
There is only one Liriodendrun tulipifera It has to be one of the trashiest trees on earth and I have them all over my property. It’s why I dislike them so much.
