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Kentucky Ice storm tree 2022

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  1. Chud

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    It’s looking like tree of heaven to me.
     
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    Looks like honey locust to me as well. Excellent firewood but ideally a multi year drying wood. Get em both CSS (cut split stacked) ASAP. The drying clock countdown starts once its split.
     
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    Hang out here for a while and get an education. I thought i knew a lot but have learned a lot more in three years. Some great folks here willing to lend a hand or share their know how.
     
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  4. Stihl Kicking

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    Welcome! Kentucky is a great place, we went to Noah's Ark last year. I have a friend that lives in Somerset, of course that's a distance from you.

    If nothing else on the tree id, when the trees leaf out in the spring, look for similar bark and id it.
     
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    I scored this walnut last month and split like cake. Heres the link to my thread:
    Highly Valuable Logs Turned Into Firewood!
     
  6. MikeInMa

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    That bark is nothing like any black walnut I’ve seen before
     
  8. justcrockett

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    I'm getting black walnut, Pignut hickory, swamp maple, all of my local contacts are all different answers. So here I am. Thanks guys I look forward to learning more.

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    The pith in walnut looks like this. IMG_1977.JPG Learned that on here as i have little experience with it myself. Dont know if this varies by region, growing conditions etc.
     
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    I use it all the time and it works well, may not be the best ever but I like it. Welcome to FHC!

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    I have never seen BW with that much sap wood, nor that light of bark, but i am far from a tree ID expert. If there are trees close by that are similar, as someone else already said, check the leaves.
     
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    Honey Locust is 3 year seasoned wood around here, 2 years can work but 3 is better here. Your area may differ. The boring insects like to work it over though.
     
  13. justcrockett

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    When I was splitting I knocked a few centers out.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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    This one is on the back side of my property. Been like this for two years. It's fixing to be gotten. [​IMG][​IMG]

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    That looks like a black, or Southern Red Oak, go get it!
     
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    I see green leaves, is that an old pic? Definitely oak leaves, and maybe redbud? My first thought was Black Oak, from the orange under bark.
     
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    I took this pic a year ago. It's been sitting like this for about two years. I checked yesterday it's still there off the ground. Should be premium by now.

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    That's what i was thinking. And the dark wood is a bit light, at least compared to walnut around here.
     
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    Welcome. You will find a lot of good information and fellowship here.
     
  20. jrider

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    Kentucky coffee tree perhaps?
     
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