They are small, but I’m wondering if this is the highly coveted bark falling off bl? Found two Wood on one is not really yellowish. Might just be run of the mill Red Oak I’m %100 on this being persimmon
Even though buZZsaw BRAD has not commented yet, I am sure that he has felt a Disturbance in the Force!
Looks like the infamous yellow Anthracite wood to me, and bark falling off is indeed highly coveted or at least preferred by most. Here's a pile of rounds I'm revisiting after having sat quietly since October. Now they're screaming at me to be split, and I must oblige. It's hard not to enjoy a splitting session on those first few springlike sunny days of the year.
It sure is. Did you notice the density as you cut? Did you tap a couple together and listen...my favorite sound. Center punk common near the stump too. 2/3 of the trees i encounter are like that. Nice that it has English ivy and not poison ivy growing on it. What are you doing with the wood Chud ? I can be there in 12 hours...give or take!
I dragged my splitter back there this afternoon and split about half of it so far. On a few pieces the bark was starting to peel off, but for the most part it's still on tight. I'm going to leave it that way. There's BTUs in bark, and I want this pile to set sail on its journey to 20% or less.
I will cut it up for firewood of course. Yes it’s dense. I walked through the woods looking for a giant parent and didn’t see any. English Ivy is completely covering a lot of trees.
The one piece you thought might be red oak is Locust too. The yellow color gives way to that warmish tone (especially when bucked up) in dead locust. I might add, if you don’t see light colored rays emanating from center out, it’s not oak.
Anyone know why they would die at a young tree age? Is it a short lived species? Sensitive to drought?
Found the wiki and learned why Brad finds it so frequently Black locust has been listed as invasive in Connecticut and Wisconsin, and prohibited in Massachusetts. Native to Appalachia
BL needs lots of sunlight. Once they get choked out of sun they die off. I find them growing roadside. One of my scrounge areas has living trees near the road but farther into the woods they are dead. Ive never seen one in the woods. BL sprouts from a mother tree which sends out leader roots and new trees emerge from them. If the mother tree dies so do the others. Ive followed leader roots firsthand and 25' out from a tree. Grows in poor soil as they are "self fertilizing" Most dead i scrounge are less than 16" DBH. Wood is brittle and seems to snap rather easily in heavy wind.
