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Mohawk

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Help identifying this wood
« on: August 27, 2007, 02:28:31 am »
I was walking through the woods and came across a fallen tree.  All the trees in the immediate area are either hickory or maple, but this one (which has been down less than 2 months, the last time i was through there) had no leaves left on it, and I dont know enough to make an educated guess between the two, so i thought you guys might be able to.

sorry the pics suck, but my camera is not great.  Thanks!



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Re: Help identifying this wood
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2007, 10:16:32 am »
I'm no expert but I would say that it's maple.

Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Help identifying this wood
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2007, 01:09:19 pm »
Hard to tell from the pics. It seems to have opposite branching, which narrows it down a bit. Maple and ash both have opposite leaves/branches. How big is the tree? It would also help if you had your location filled in in your profile.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Help identifying this wood
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2007, 02:37:53 pm »
It looks like a young soft maple, did you look on the ground for the fallen leaves?
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Help identifying this wood
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2007, 10:02:14 pm »
It kinda looks the trunk of the red maple in my front yard. How big around or thick is the butt end of this log?
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