I sometimes look at The Wood Database website since it tells you the dried weight (lbs/ft3) of a bunch of different wood species. It's got tree...
Well maybe I'm imaging things since most of you seem to rank it lower than me. My seasoned splits are about as heavy as cherry, and noticeably...
In June a tree service dropped me off some tree of heaven logs. They were super heavy and smelled nasty, but split easily. Five months later,...
You've got a museum with petrified wood in CT? Very cool. Is it a natural history museum, connected to a university, or something else?
It's oak, so the longer you season it the better it gets. I have a lot of petrified wood -- hundreds of pounds from all over the world. It is...
My folks have a big honey locust in the front yard. It was big when I was a kid, and now I'm 42, and it's even bigger. It has dropped big limbs...
These would be roughly 50 year old, 100 year old, and 150-200 year old red oaks (forest tree size) around here. It makes sense when you see the...
Yes, I've also seen what I believe are silver / red hybrids around here. The natural hybrid thing goes a long way towards explaining why tree ID...
Mom and dad on the ends, the maple love child (hybrid black and sugar) is in the middle. [ATTACH]
You guys were reading my mind.
Besides the gray, flattish bark, the leaves are not as pointy as sugar maple. They sort of have 3 main points instead of 5 like sugar maple. And...
Here's what the black maple bark looks like around here. It looks more like box elder than sugar maple if you ask me, but the wood is basically...
Part of my forest is designated as wetlands by the state of Michigan. I think that's an exaggeration since to be wetlands there is supposed to be...
Yep. I think you're right. And it is oak.
Today the straight-maple-log guys came back with more straight maple logs. Maybe red maple and hard (sugar) maple? The darker one looks more...
It would probably fracture, but certainly wouldn't burn. It's 100% rock. No wood left in it.
There are lots in the wild around here. They compete well in wet forest. The seedlings do ok in the shade, so they outcompete oaks and hickories...
A few more photos showing that it's a rock. About 5 pounds total. Looks almost like a chunk of wood glass on the inside. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'll stop playing games. It is 60 million year old petrified oak from Oregon. Those who noticed the radial lines in the grain were on the...
What flavor is this? [ATTACH]
