Tree ID

[freddy]

Got this free score and the guy said it was Hemlock?? Doesn't look like it when I google hemlock. Any ideas? It's a pain to split and isn't very pitchy like a lot of the other firs.

Thanks!

 

[smokinj]

Pine tree.

 

[firefighterjake]

If you were on the right coast instead of the left coast I would say you were looking at a tamarack (aka hackmatack or what Mainers call juniper) . . . but as I said we're talking two different coasts with very different trees . . . maybe some folks on your side of the country can give you some answers.

 

[ChrisNJ]

Pine tree.

+1

 

[kestrel]

If the needles are in fascicles (litlle sheaths at the base that hold multiple needles) than it is a pine. The number of needles in each fascicle can then help you narrow down the kind of pine it is.

 

[freddy]

Thanks all!

Well after looking at a larch tree, the needles resemble that more than the pine. They have clusters of several needles on the branches and are light to dark green. Apparently it is in the pine family so everyone is right...

Sounds like larch is a good softwood to burn so I consider myself lucky finding this score. I don't care for splitting it though.

 

[freddy]

I actually found out from a neighbor that this tree is a deodar cedar. Looks very similar to larch. Anyone ever burn it? This sure doesn't or feel like any other cedar I've burned in the past. I only like cedar for kindling. Bummer!

 

[billb3]

you could fit two hemlock cones on a quarter.


I've burned east coast cedar and can relate to preferring it for kindling.
Burns almost as fast as paper in a coal stove. (hey, it's all I had and I don't like being cold)

 

[Bubbavh]

Definitely Cedar! The cone looks exactly like the Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar I have in my landscaping!