Sugar or silver

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As long as that cord of it isn't in the way of your getting to 'good' wood, no problem.
Haha......nope. Shed holds two, so poplar is on one side and the other is the harder stuff allowing me to mix them.
 
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Shed holds two, so poplar is on one side and the other is the harder stuff allowing me to mix them.
Good deal. I've been splitting any Tulip I get into small splits or kindling and using it in the front of the box, with heavier wood behind/below it. The Tulip will kick off the new load pretty quickly.
 
It's silver. Silver can have deep margins or slightly more shallow, as in those pics. Reds have much broader spreads and shallower margins. You can always tell a sugar or hard maple because the margins are completely smooth and not jagged. Sometimes reds and maples can be hard to sort out, but if you take a small new growth twig and break it, red will have very little odor, while silver will have a very noticeable foul odor. Without leaves it gets very difficult.

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comparing these pics to the posters, still looks like red to me.
 
Idk I want to say it's not red I think the one on my property is a red don't they tend to be bigger leafs. And trucks smaller? These trees were 3ft diameter and split off into other trunks


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comparing these pics to the posters, still looks like red to me.
I think the one on my property is a red don't they tend to be bigger leafs. And trucks smaller? These trees were 3ft diameter and split off into other trunks
I can see what STIHLY DAN is saying, they look a little wider than the Silver leaves I usually see. But with these yard trees, who knows, it could be some sort of landscaper's hybrid. Heck, I've got two Reds here along the drive and both leaves and bark look quite different from each other. Sugar, Silver and Red all have about the same size trunks, according to my Audubon Guide, but they show Silver as tending more toward multiple trunks. I'm going with Silver, even though the leaf has more width and isn't quite as lacey as the Silver I often see.
 
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