Would use a common name but it has so many it would be misleading. Ostrya Virginiana is a guess though I have never seen one so large around here in VT where soil is shallow. A primary growth tree or understory to maybe 40 or 50 feet that lasts for ages dead - standing or on the ground. Great firewood and heard it holds up in the ground. When it has bark, it’s rough and flaky. Lou
I would share. There’s a couple cord in that pile. It’s all covered with dirt but Mother Nature with wa as sh it off.
Both of these red oaks are close to the wood i was in question about. Oak growing out of a cluster like that isn’t common but it happens.
There's quite a few like that around here too. It's just evidence that an area was logged in the past. Singular trees were cut close to ground level (coppiced) and they stump sprouted, sending up multiple new trunks. I have a double red oak right in my front yard, and the neighbor a couple houses up has a triple and quadruple-trunked oak.
Yes. That's where the term noodles comes from. Cutting along the grain makes long strands/ribbons of sawdust. And cuts much faster!
I’m in the process of sawing tons of chestnut oaks. There are multiple dual leader, one main trunk trees. Is that what you’re referencing?
Thats definitely not oak, grain of wood doesn't support it. I'm leaning towards cherry. Appears all the sapwood is rotted and gone, and the pinkish heartwood and characteristic"ribbing" supports the cherry guess. Take a small sliver of the heartwood, hold a lighter to it and smell.....you should be able to tell the difference.
I love cutting and processing all species in the white oak family, but chestnut oak bark sure is thick and can be a PITA cleaning up around the stacks. Seems to hang on while cutting and splitting, and when it's seasoned and you're talking the wood out of the stacks to bring in to the house it falls off.....I usually end up with a big pile of bark at the end of the burning season and fill up my dump trailer halfway with it doing a cleanup in the spring... Great firewood though. Smells great when cutting fresh and when burning.
Yep, agree all the way around. Walking past my mound smells awesome! Couple of these dead standing tree's the bark is falling off. I'm trying to peel it there. Very messy.
I haven't noticed any duel/multiple trunks like that here. We have lots of chestnut oaks, I'll keep an eye out.
