Any idea as what this is? This is a post on Nextdoor for some free wood so no close up pictures of bark or leaves of course. May be virtually impossible for anyone to tell but thoughts welcome!! Will probably stop by tomorrow and would take almost anything as long as not ash, don’t want to risk EAB anymore than I already am exposed. Thanks.
I see most is Ash and possibly Silver Maple in there too. Not sure why you wouldn’t want Ash. Splits easy, dries rather fast, puts out good heat
Gotta say some of it looks like ash to me too. Although if it's the same species as the stump and the other tree near by it could be silver maple. Worth a look if it's not too far away.
If you have EAB nearby, you're already exposed. And there's no stopping it. "Indiana’s EAB Quarantine was lifted in October 2016. EAB has been detected in all 92 counties" Ash is great firewood, get all you can!
Could be tulip poplar which is common around these parts (it's the state tree afterall). Poplar isn't great, but free bucked firewood is always worth getting. Edit. On second look, that's ash. You can tell it has been EAB killed by the way the bark is flaking.
Agreed. I have 5 living ash trees on my property, Three are younger and in the very back of the property about 20 inch diameter with no signs of EAB and I didn’t treat with Tree-age this summer and plan to next spring. The other two are 30 and 64” diameter and and I paid a boatload to treat with trunk injections this year so I am just paranoid about bringing EAB firewood around. Just not worth the risk even if not practical or scientific.
I got tied up at work and didn’t have a chance to stop by on the way home. It’s close so I may stop by in the am. Thanks for all the replies!!
By the looks of the bark the larva have left the building so the chances of spreading are almost nil. If you find capital 'D' shaped holes in the bark they have mature and left.
I too have several large Ash trees on my 1 acre suburban home lot. I treated all of mine religiously and never brought Ash wood home for fear of spreading the bug to my trees. Well. My Ash are dying. I just cut one of the bigger ones down. The neighbor treated his Ash by having a tree service treat his two big Ash trees with injections. Guess what. They died. As much as I wanted to save mine, it's just not possible. The best we can hope for is that the bug dies off and the Ash trees that are not affected will be able to remain that way.
The only thing that you can do is enjoy the wood. The only thing that is going to stop EAB is a lack of trees to lay eggs in .
