Working along the river bank today clearing out some vines, dead limbs, and over crowded trees and came across one I had to fell but wasn't sure of the species. It is very stringy and has next to no smell. It holds a ton a moisture. A bit of a red tint inside and then turning pale yellow towards the bark. No leaves this time of year but I did snag a picture of the seeds or what was left from flowers. Any help would greatly be appreciated on the ID. -Rick T2 Tappin'
Firewood BTU & Drying Chart At 14.2 MBTU's you could do a little worse, but it's getting it to dry that's the issue. Lots of members will tell you this.
Ok haha its apparently up there with hemlock. That stuff just turns black before it even starts burning. Flame retardant
Yeah... Please understand I'm not downing your efforts for getting it, just helping you to not waste your time with it.
The clincher for me was the onset of the fuzzy new growth.... I id'd it by that on the googly image search. Similar to its cousin, the kittywillow
It looks different than the American elm we have here, but I see he's in North Cackalackey. So I'll just stop and say it's some sort of elm. I've never seen a willow with seeds like that, the Heartwood being darker, and the bark very Elmy like are what is driving me that direction. I don't recall seeing willow with that sort of twig structure. However, the only time I've spent cutting willow up, was to get it out of my way, as fast as possible. I've sworn at Willow more than studied it.
I totally destroyed one of my Stihl 041AV Supers with a willow before. Tree pinched my saw and started to go the wrong way, very slowly...... Before I had enough time to take the power head off of the bar, it went......and crushed my saw. I ended up rebuilding that saw, still run it to this day. Those willows can be tricky and unpredictable. Anytime I cut one now, I cable it for insurance.
