Wood ID..photos

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kwikrp

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Oct 21, 2008
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got some free please help ID leaves are growing out of stups. When split wood is very white .
 

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willow
 
that soft wood ? how does it burn ?
 
Does look like willow. Poor firewood. I wouldn't go out of my way for it. I would make it real small and use for kindling if possible.
 
No doubt . . . willow . . . leaves help . . . that and the fact that it's sprouting out of the stump . . . willow is one of those trees that just doesn't want to die.

Technically, it's a hardwood, but it's a soft hardwood . . . a lot like poplar . . . meaning that it tends to burn up fast.

I don't burn a lot of willow, but will burn it if it's in my way or free . . . not the type of wood you want to rely on to get you through the night in middle of January . . . but ideal for this time of year and early in the Fall when you need a quick, hot fire to take the chill out of the air, but don't need a raging fire to burn for hours.
 
Without the pictures of the leaves this would have been a tough call. I don't look at the bark of willow enough to recognize it quickly. The leaves cinch it.
 
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