Scored a fairly large Bloodgood Maple from my dad. Probably a little less than half a cord but for the life of me I can't find anything to tell me how dense this wood is. I know its ornamental so that kills a lot of info but this stuff is heavy even when its dry (standing dead). Kinda feels like dogwood but I throw it out to the community, anyone have a clue? What say you?
I’ve been wondering about these trees myself. It seems almost every other house in my town has one planted in the front yard. Mostly smaller trees but I’ve seen a few large canopies. They look like mostly limb wood but hey, it’ll burn.
I could post one but I used to work at a nursery and I planted the tree myself 25 years ago (last years cold snap killed it). Its a Japanese Bloodgood ornamental broadleaf for sure. As Eric said its limb wood for 95% of the tree but I just don't know the hardness or BTU value. Its going to burn and probably well. I was just hoping for a more scientific reference. I can't argue with the hornbeam I have no experience with that. Ill post a pic tomorrow.
The one Ron T has looks like an overgrown Bonsai. There must be several different varieties grown here in the USA. A lot of what I've seen in my area look like this: Bloodgood Japanese Maple Tree
Overgrown Bonsai, that right there is funny. Even the ones you linked look pretty small with minimal firewood though Eric.
The largest I've seen in person was pushing about 20 feet tall with a very wide canopy. Probably nothing I'd go after intentionally (like Locust) but if the opportunity came up I probably wouldn't turn it down either.
That is beautiful. However that is a thread leaf the one I got was 25-30 feet tall and 15 feet across.
