Looks like big tooth aspen / popple to me. Aspen of some sort for sure. I'd rather have birch for firewood.
You mean white birch for the old fireplace during the Summer when it isn't being used ? White birch is kinda traditional and it supposedly keeps. I've never done it though.
My parents always had 3 perfect WB specimens in the fireplace since before I can remember. About 10” diameter, 30” long and no branch stubs. Couldn’t really tell one log from the other they were so perfect lol. At least 40 years until they put a propane log in there. Now you got me wondering whatever became of them?
This reminds me of the time when someone posted a picture (on another forum) of popple (aspen) and claimed it was beech. Foolishly I posted that it was not beech and was chastised by a moderator who was well respected. He stated beech was practically the only trees on his property so he knew what beech looked like. Long story short, about 6 months to a year later I sent a PM to the guy and he admitted it was indeed popple. But the jerk wasn't man enough to admit it on the public forum... Sadly I can't find that old picture.
My father in law has WB on display next to his fireplace. He acts like they are solid gold bars sitting there. A long time ago my wife's sister wanted a fire and her boyfriend used the WB. You would of thought he used 200 year old furniture. I would love to have a boat load of WB and burn it everytime he comes by.
Someone would disagree with Backwoods Savage but sometimes things get complicated. I was once in a discussion with a well respected member. And I referred to a tree as a hard maple. he’s determined by the shape of the leaves and it was a red maple. It did have red maple leaves not sugar maple. If you tap trees for long enough, hard maple’s have a higher sugar content usually around 5% than 2-3% soft maples. I also live in Vermont which is kind of like maple tree utopia. With the University of Vermont having grafting programs on maple trees since 1800s. Because red maple are prettier but less useful for syrup. Especially if doing it by traditional bucket method.. This tree with red maple leaves tested out at 7% sugar content; it was a confused gender tree but the sap says it’s hard wood. I usually assume I’m wrong
