Tree ID buy these leaves....

You see, bear 1998 ? It will be for science.

Mike can bring his microscope, and once we have it all loaded onto my trailer, I can leave you guys with a paper thin slice that you can use for analysis.

 

That winged seed has me off base. can't seem to match it up the leaf. wonder if it will be cut before it sets leaf.

 

I get the thornless honey locust from yard bird trees , which this tree appears to be. It's say it's right up there be wise with ironwood and beech, maybe, just maybe a tad less than ironwood. It definitely coals up as good as those heavy hitters. I have not noticed it to be a heavy asher.

 

I’m not sure if any of those were seeds, Larry - I think they were all leaves. Willow has a cottony airborne seed like poplar. However I do see an ash in the background of the daytime pics and that has a samara like maple but they’re straight and might look something like that.

Seeing the bark has me convinced. I see a lot of those around, they’re becoming very popular for yard trees. They grow fast, have mowable seeds, and are tougher than maples.

 

That’s what I always hear/heard.

I’ve only burned about a cord of it but I put it way down my list of “preferred” species. My wife even commented on not liking it.

 

Da. My mistake. It's a little lower per ton.

 

You mean you can measure and study your wood??? Microscope not withstanding!!!

 

Interesting, did she say why or is this not a time to question the boss?

 

How did Eric VW or yooperdave miss that slow pitch. Slacking is going on here.

 

Sure, if you like, though that topic has already seen plenty of research and peer-review. You probably won’t need the microscope though. I’ve got a loggers tape you can use - measures both length and circumference.

 

Yes it will...with in the next 2 weeks.....sorry

 

I’m da boss!

She felt it had excessive ash which covered the coals at the end of the burn. Who knows maybe it was past it’s prime, it was in the stack for 4 or 5 seasons. Our experience varies from the norm so who knows!?

 

Thanks Shawn, I hope to find out what this mystery tree is!!
These are the familiar cottony airborne willow I think you are referring to.
We had a willow on our lawn I had to clean up from that had seed pods. But hose seed pods are not those that I thought I saw in the first picture. The Leaf or what on the lower left of his picture was the one I took for a winged seed pod. Wish I could do better but when I get away from the native ones around here, I am more at a loss. I hope by the time he gets to cut the tree down he has a better identification. I am really curious what it is. I thought about ash, but the leaves should have been a compound leaf. One of the more fun things on this forum.