Our local Habitat offered the wood from a recent lot that was cleared. What I thought was maybe a truckload could be 5 or 6 loads. I know this is Maple based on the neighbors complaint about the helicoptors that fell from the tree but any guesses what kind of Maple (see pics)? Doesn't silver maple have a more slivery (no deep fissues) bark. I might be asking too much but I thought I'd give it a try. Also one tree was maybe 3.5' in diameter w/deep fissures in the bark and the internal coloring looked like Poplar(sorry no pics). I didn't think Poplar grew that big.?
wood Id please.
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Looks like what we would call "hard maple". Have 3 hundred year old ones in the front yard.... exact same bark. Have lots of them in the woods. The wood will "spalt" quickly, and is prized by woodworkers.
I think it is Norway Maple. The bark does not look like any of the Sugar Maple I have seen. if it is maple, the only one that seems to fit the bark is Norway.
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