Is this silver? I cannot be certain that the leaf is actually from this tree..... Is it common that they grow in bunches? I have 3 or 4 groups like this one. Thanks!
Nope...... that is a red maple. Which is better than a silver maple! But not quite as good as Norway or hard maple.... a great wood to have in the stacks!
Definite red maple leaf. The bunches that you have are probably from the trees sprouting up from a stump.
Very common to find them growing in clumps like that. That also makes some of the best kindling you can have and it splits super easy. It also dries really quick and we've burned it in 6 months after c/s/s.
Same here. They also seem to come down quite a bit on their own, and split super easy by hand. Those and cherry are my two easiest to get cut and split.
Yup! as they said above, Red.... Got lot's of it down here, Good stuff, We also have a maple down here called a Trident maple, leaves are very similer but not quite the same. If you get it CSS now, it will be dry enough for next/2015 winter.
Depending on when you need the wood, you could consider cutting one or two of the trunks now and then allowing the others to grow for a couple of years.. The strong root system (due to supporting all of the trunks) will allow the remaining stems to gain diameter more quickly. Additionally the crown of the tree will spread or expand on the side that was cut due to increased sunlight.. Just a way to take advantage of growing stock if you're limited on available wood. The multiple stems probably grew from a tree that was cut down in the past. Deer and Moose love the stump sprouts that grow up from red maple stumps. Coppice is a method of woodland management when there is a desire to grow for fuel wood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing
