We've got a patch of 5-15" poplar I've been trying to clear out some. Probably 200 trees in an acre or so area. If all else fails I've got tulip for awhile. If these winters continue it'll do the job
Hey Rebel, that should be great firewood for your area. Sounds like you have a lot of work to do there too.
Nothing wrong with that. It seasons quickly, and burns nicely, with some extra sound effects. I haven't burnt any poplar in a couple of years. Maybe I'll drop one and get it in the stacks. It's great shoulder wood for us in the north, or even a great firestarter when burning with the more dense high btu stuff.
I actually found a big lonely split of Aspen poplar in my stacks from a few years back so I decided to burn it tonight, sure was light! I would burn more of it if I didn't have higher btu wood kicking around here as there is so much of it in the bush.
Got a bunch of poplar in the neighbors lot I have to get out, as many as you have though, high winds we were having, took quite a few of them down
Poplar makes nice boards. A lot of tobacco barns were built with it around here. A chainsaw mill would pay for itself pretty quickly if you have that much Poplar supply.
Poplar is popular with me. Whenever I manage to get back on the 3 year plan, I'll be taking some more from the woods.
I only have a little maple left to split and stack then its on to poplar for me. Its great for shoulder season
So what exactly is the difference? Correct me if Im wrong but what I have here and what I believe saskwoodburner calls poplar is a higher btu wood than tulip and I think they are two different species right? Around here we call it poplar or quacking aspen.
It depends who you ask! Around here they just call it white poplar, but some call it quaking or trembling aspen. Apparently there's black poplar too (gets bigger, stinks like dirty socks when burned).
Definitely two different species. If you want to look up tulip poplar, look for yellow poplar. Back in the heyday of lumber, that is what was the biggie out east and in the south. We do not have any here as we have the aspen. As different as day and night compared to the yellow poplar. Also sometimes the bark on the yellow or tulip will look very similar to white ash bark. The flower they sprout in the spring is beautiful and does look like a tulip. I was amazed the first time I saw it out east. EDIT: In lumber yards they sell boards that are made from poplar. They just say poplar but it is yellow poplar.
