Can you ID this tree for me? I found it in Northern Virginia and don't recognize it. I've included pictures from the bottom to top, including some buds that has formed on the top. Thank you.
Welcome aboard Sam Damon My guess Maple....silver, perhaps..... Cut, split, stack it, should might be ready by next winter if you're looking to heat the home with it.
Looks like maple. I have one in the backyard that has the same buds in spring and then come the helicopter pods that cover my deck.
Does bitternut flower similar to maple Locust Post? From internet stock... Front the silver next to our property line... And a bark shot...
Don't know on the bud question, that first picture just looked a lot like hickory with that thick bark layer. Most of the maples I've cut at least in my area doesn't have that.....I've been wrong many times though.
Na, that looks like a red maple.buds are a giveaway.. looks like a very healthy tree due to no delineation between sapwood heartwood. But really looks like a red. Wood dries quick 1 year...strait grained easy split and burns nice. Ul like it.
Red Maple. Red Maples flower early in the spring, and the red flower buds are shown in one of your pictures. Red Maple is a good firewood, medium density, quick to dry. I guess this could be Silver Maple, which is similar, but I tend to think it is Red Maple.
Third vote for Red Maple. The warmer than normal temps made them bud mid February here - and likely up towards VA. Bark & limb structure all line up as well
Red maple. Just hauled off a few cord of it myself. Good wood from what I read - between sugar and silver maple.
Thank you Eric. Your pictures look convincing. I will get back to that spot and bring that storm damaged tree back home, possibly tomorrow if I can make it through the snow in my small 4x2 2003 Tacoma. Sam
Welcome Sam Damon - You're gonna like it here, I guarantee it. Lots of nice and knowledgeable folks who are eager to help as we learn from each other. That said, we like pics, dogs, beer and spending your money on toys to facilitate your hoard, (see enable/addiction). Again, nice to meet you neighbor and nice score!
Welcome to the forum Sam. Around here we just call that soft maple and we've burned lots of it. It is one of the easiest splitting woods and if you split that really thin for kindling wood you will love it as it lights off quickly and easily and burns hot which is ideal for kindling a new fire. For drying the wood after being split and stacked, we have burned this wood in 6 months time which is amazing. If one of these happens to fall in the woods, it is best to get it within a year else it can turn punky fast. As you drive around in winter and especially towards spring you can spot a woods from a distance that has lots of maple in it just by the red you spot in the treetops as all the buds are redish in color.
Looks like red maple. I like to heat up the pizza oven and put a stick or two of maple in on the coals, get it lit and then close it all up to cook salmon. The smoke does a great job on salmon.
