Tree I’d….Is this Ash?
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Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Yeah here too but i was just going by the leaves. The bark to me says not ash.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Wisco Shepherd
Feeling the Heat
Can say confidently it’s not ash. I’m not familiar with pecan so I can’t comment if it’s that or not
That's interesting because those leaves are dead ringers for pics i've seen on tree id charts, pics & websites.
I had no idea pecans grow here in NJ. Maybe a different variety that down south?
Yes if i can get permission i may cut some for smoking even though i don't have a smoker.
How does it split?
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
It is not ash.
Pecan? I only know pecan as splits, not the tree or logs with bark. It could be pecan.
Pecan? I only know pecan as splits, not the tree or logs with bark. It could be pecan.
It's closely related to Hickory, and splits similarly i.e. might not be too bad to split, but can be in some cases. Good luck, let us know what happens. 😏
CincyBurner
Minister of Fire
Remember:
Ash (Fraxinus) has opposite branch/ twig attachment.
Pecan is a hickory (Carya) and therefore has alternate branch/ twig attachment.
We don't have many pecan in SW Ohio (but have a small one planted in yard), but noticed that pics from OP show flakier bark than other hickories with splotchy orangish bark layer beneath.
Ash (Fraxinus) has opposite branch/ twig attachment.
Pecan is a hickory (Carya) and therefore has alternate branch/ twig attachment.
We don't have many pecan in SW Ohio (but have a small one planted in yard), but noticed that pics from OP show flakier bark than other hickories with splotchy orangish bark layer beneath.
You may have thought Cincy was saying this wasn't Pecan because of the branch/twig arrangement, but bear in mind that your first pic shows a single leaf, a compound leaf with multiple leaflets which are opposite each other on the leaf stem. But if you look again at a branch you'll see that these compound leaves alternate on the branch/twig.
I haven't scored much Pecan, but it did indeed have orange underbark, and the bark was flakier than Hickory.
Last Pecan I scored was in a guy's front yard, a wind-damaged tree. I saw it and approached him about it, he said "sure, take as much as you want." I came back and he told me a bunch of guys had been hitting on him about it. He said, "you can have one trailer load I, but I'm saving the rest." He musta thought he was sitting on some kind of gold mine. I said "OK, no big deal. There's no shortage of wood. " 😆 I'm not a wood snob anymore, going after high-BTU wood offsite. We have so many Oaks down from the last couple wind events that I'll be busy right here, for a good while. Oak burns long enough for me, and I still come across some higher BTU stuff here on occasion.
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My buddies and I were hunting wild hogs in central Georgia. We would put a 14 pound ham on the Brinkmann smoker, and smoke that ham for 10 hours on pecan wood. Lots of pecan trees in central Georgia, in fact I lived in a pecan orchard. MMMMMMMgood.
