Mostly Alder. What happened on my property was the state made the previous owner leave a patch of mature Alders due to a possible slide issue so now that they are unprotected they are snapping off and tipping over. On the neighbor’s place toward the end of the trail we just had a snow/wind event that for some reason took out quite a few that were right along the trail. Don’t know if I’ll get to it all in time to salvage it for firewood but should be good to go this year. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Alder trees usually only have about a 35- 40 year life span anyway. Not like the big evergreens. We have been burning alder that campinspecter scrounged from the highway cleanup program a couple of years ago. Once split and kept under cover, it is pretty good firewood. You are right about getting to it quickly though. It rots fast laying unsplit on the ground.
The property has been logged twice in my life time. The first time in 1963 and again in 2016. Again mostly Alder and reforested with no planting. As stated, the Alder rots fast on the ground so it is unlikely I will be able to salvage it all. Over the years I’ve burned some very punky Alder and it does put out a little heat while burning fast. Not suitable in most climates probably but since I consider firewood hoarding a hobby and have adequate storage space for wood, I’ll buzz it up just to get it out of the way. When I was clearing the trail last year I came across an Alder log that had been down for quite some time. It had a very thick covering of moss on it. I started cutting it just to move it off the trail and was surprised to find the wood to be in decent shape almost as if the moss had been drawing the moisture out of the wood and keeping it from rotting. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
