What is it? Scrounged at the dump this morning. Some type of ornamental but not sure. Gotta love homeowners with dull saws!
Looks a bit like a London Plane tree. Or similar variety. London Plane Tree: Leaves, Bark, Flowers (Pictures) – Identification
London Planetree. Hybrid of native sycamore and Asian Planetree (aka Asian Sycamore) which were crossed over a hundred years ago (300 years?). We saw a bunch in Indian Mary campground, Oregon, and were up to 2' in diameter. All the trees in the park were non-native.
Wood doesn’t look like sycamore/plane tree to me. I’m going with Kousa Dogwood, a very common ornamental tree.
It was freakin heavy whatever it is. Didn't get a chance to cut and split it, but will report back when I do.
If it’s not sycamore, London Planetree is my vote. Had an arborist drop off some big logs like that this past spring. I commented on it being sycamore and he corrected me as he told me what the difference was between the two. I have a fairly strong knowledge about trees and tree id but the information he gave was very technical and i honestly don’t remember the specifics. I did find that it split more easily than wood I had always assumed was sycamore.
Some folks do use it as an ornamental because it is related to eucalyptus. I was assuming it would have to be an imported ornamental! But why would anyone in their right mind willingly plant a Madrone is beyond me! They shed leaves, bark, buds, berries and twigs the whole year!
I looked it up and yes only native to the West coast. Kinda wishing I grabbed a limb with leaves on it. Didn't even think to.
It reminds me of some sort of dogwood I scrounged the other year. When I get to it in a 2 years, I'll take some pics to compare.
