If you could name trees

So I was thinking today while I was cutting some red oak and watching the yellowish chips accumulate that if I could name the tree I may call it yellow oak instead of red oak.
This got me to thinking about other trees I would name if they weren’t already named. The other one that quickly came to mind was instead of sweet gum and Tupelo, I would just call them both “the devils stringy pubic hair”. Haha

what names would you have for types of trees?

 

Dehydration can do that to a fellah...how you feeling now?

 

There's a neat little book titled something like "How trees got their names". Pretty good read for ten bucks or so. Interesting stuff, such as the caret in diamond sizes relates to the seed size of a carab tree seed. My spelling may be off on that.

 

Had a very clear mind.

 

Most wood-hoarders rename of Elm would not be appropriate for a family forum.

 

A few of mine...

White Oak -- Firewood Tree.
Red Oak -- Firewood Tree.
Maple -- Firewood Tree.
Locust -- Firewood Tree.
Beech -- Firewood Tree.
etc.

 

Willow would be mushroom tree. Because it will be full of mushrooms before it dries

 

I think the first time I hit a piece of sweet gum with the maul and the maul almost hit me in the head, I would call it a rubber tree...
Pin oak - litter box tree

 

Locust - time to resharpen the chain again and again and again tree

 

Osage Orange AKA Hedge = Monkey Ball Tree.

 

I like burning elm. Splitting it can be a challenge though.

 

Shagbark hickory= dangerous flying bark while cutting tree.

Box elder= bacon tree

 

Sour gym sock tree.

Hickory would be the cow manure tree.

 

Bacon tree?

 

Bacon grows on trees?!?

 

That looks like a catalpa tree to me

 

The boy reminded me of brody. Lol

 

He'd be carving on it with his toy saw though...