tree/bark identification......

[astra25]

Can't seem to identify these logs very easily thanks for looking.

[Gardiners Tree Surgery]

My money's on poplar

[se7enthdevil]

yep, i'd say that it's one of the poplar species.

 

 

poor quality firewood but makes great timber...

[Stubby]

I have found Pop to be very good fire wood as long as once it is split and dried it is kept dry . It soaks up water like a sponge . One chap on here boiled his central heating with Poplar .

[Taupotreeman]

I have found Pop to be very good fire wood as long as once it is split and dried it is kept dry . It soaks up water like a sponge . One chap on here boiled his central heating with Poplar .

 

 

Same here. Keep it dry and makes fantastic kindling and easy burning to get the heat in the fire.

[astra25]

Thankyou for all the comments am I right in saying it's not a hardwood?

[treequip]

Thankyou for all the comments am I right in saying it's not a hardwood?

 

Its is best described as a broad leaf hardwood as compared to a coniferous softwood but as hardwoods go, its one of the softer types

[se7enthdevil]

Thankyou for all the comments am I right in saying it's not a hardwood?

 

no you are not.

 

it is a species of angiosperm which are hardwoods.

 

it does not however mean that it is a very hard timber, don't forget that most of the softest species of timber fall into the angiosperm category.

[astra25]

Ya like balsa classed at a hardwood but actually one of the softest woods there is I were just talking in the sense of actually being hard or soft at a timber etc.