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Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Jack Straw, Feb 9, 2014.

  1. Jack Straw

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    I cut down this tree today and I have no idea what it is. It doesn't seem to be very dense.
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    Looks like some sort of pine to me. Did it split straight or stringy? Any foliage?
     
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    No foliage, not pine. Splitted straight.
     
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    It's btu's jack. I see pine bark covered in snow.
     
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    The tree seemed alive, wouldn't there been pine needles on it?
     
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    Not necessarily. Slim and I scrounged some pine a couple weeks ago. No needles. Ours was real knotty but looks like you got some good straight grained pieces. Any more pics? End grain?
     
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    Wide growth rings, looks like a fast growing species.
    One of the poplars maybe.
     
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    Definitely one of the softer woods.
     
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    Well did you smell it?
     
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    Got tamarack in your area ?
     
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    It didn't smell line anything
     
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    Yes
     
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    My guess is Tamarack :)
    Also, eastern larch
     
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    Well if it doesn't rot in twenty years I'll know its larch.
     
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    I think it is Red maple - lots of Red maples around here have bark similar to your tree. The growth rings are wide, but Red Maple can grow pretty fast in good conditions.
     
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    I was leaning towards Hackmattack/Tamarack.
    If the limbs/crown shape looked like a pine without needles that's what it is
     
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    Most definitely not red maple or any maple that I know of. It could be tamarack. Hadn't thought of that.
     
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    It looks like pine to me as well.