So is that silver in my stack pic? The bark is much much smoother and it came from a much larger tree than the one in my yard. And thanks for the help Backwoods Savage !
Told my wife I hooked her up to the load of logs and she had to pull them around all week. I thought it was funny.. She didn't.. Hopefully I'm not the only one that found humor in it..lol.. I sent my dad the pic and he said I have problems..lol..
I suppose that's better than silver. Dried super fast though. I'm starting to think I've had silver and red maple crossed.
It's tough to say just from the bark. Red can look so much like silver, that the only way to really tell them apart is the seeds. They'll both drop them in spring (sugar will drop them in the fall), but silver will be much larger and irregular compared to the red. They'll both dry quick and give good heat; I just lump them both together as "soft maple" for firewood purposes.
Shawn is so right, there are so many types of maples and all the hybrids, I do same thing hard maple or soft maple.. one good and one is better
BS is right, silver has unique leaves that gives it away compared to sugar or red. Of course if the leaves are off, all bets are off. Here's the red and sugar leaves for comparison. Sugar on the left, red maple on the right. Sugar looks like the Canadian maple leaf and red look more like mittens. Some say look in the lobes for the sugar bowls for hard maple.
I think those are both red, actually. That's another way red can be tricky to ID. Sugar maple have smooth edges, red are toothed. Sugar: Red w/ 5 major lobes: Red with 3 major lobes: This little guy that I planted in my front yard last year is supposed to be red, but it looks a lot like silver to me. [EDIT] Norway maples produce leaves that look just like sugar, but the bark is different. I think the bark looks more like ash than maple.
Well, that's what I like about this sight... Learning... I was convinced the leaf on th e left was sugar.
I think it's a hybrid, I don't think it's a true sugar or red!. the one on the left has the deep cuts of a sugar and the rough edges of a red.. I think you have something there called a autumn glory! where in day they mixed to get brighter reds on foliage for yard trees!
