I have burned about 2 cords this winter. I've been out of town a few weeks, and my wife doesn't burn much when I am not here. On the other hand...
I think you have Shagbark Hickory. This is a smaller tree that isn't all that shaggy. Pignut has a tighter bark with a diamond pattern similar to...
Rounds tend to rot, which I assume happens because they don't dry out well. As a result splits last a long time in a stack but rounds don't last...
Shagbark Hickory.
I'm gonna say this one is Hop Hornbeam.
I am jumping in and saying Mulberry.
I don't see a wide light-colored sapwood, that is characteristic of all Shagbark I have seen. Lots of dead trees have shaggy bark, so that is hard...
I think that is Honey Locust, which is a common shade tree planted all over the country. I have lots of Red Oak and Black Cherry too, but this...
To be one year ahead, I would have to have this winter's wood all stacked right now, and also have next winter's wood all stacked now. I'd have to...
Mike, where in central PA are you? I am near State College.
I agree with previous posters including Locust Post who should know locust when he sees it - Black Locust.
I can't really tell what it is. I see a lot of Black Locust but I am not sure this is it. Do you have another picture of the end grain?
Every time I hike by a pile of quality firewood stacked miles from nowhere, I start formulating ways to get the wood home, return and camp near...
The wood in the original post doesn't look like any Hickory I have seen, and I have seen most of the hickories. There are a few that don't grow in...
The wait will be worth it. Super Cedars are excellent fire starters in my experience. I don't normally buy fire starters and struggle with...
the wood of Paulownia is very light, and I doubt it provides a lot of BTUs. I haven't burned any.
In WV Poplar probably means Tulip Poplar, not one of the trees related to aspens, right? Tulip Poplar is better firewood than the 'true' poplars.
That first tree looks like Water Oak to me.
This is Carpinus caroliniana, which has a lot of common names. American Hornbeam is the usual common name used in books, but Musclewood, Ironwood,...
I don't know anything about cats, but that is a nice stack of oak. I think I see some Ash too.
