Waldo
Participating member
- Location
- Portland, OR
looks familiar...
Trees from a distance
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tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
So Waldo, did you figure out what the Linden/Parrotia/Witch Hazel negative was? Cottonwood was a stupid guess. I have flashes of stupidity the way others have flashes of brilliance.
-Tom
-Tom
- Location
- rhode island
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Linden?
(Banjo, you are so full of $#!t!)
-Tom
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Full of deuce?? What do you mean? Are you talking about the Robinia?
Linden?
(Banjo, you are so full of $#!t!)
-Tom
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Full of deuce?? What do you mean? Are you talking about the Robinia?
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
"They have very rot resistant timber and it makes great firewood."
You are kidding, right?
It may make OK firewood (?), but I would say at least 90% of the Robinia I have ever removed had extensive columnar decay, usually hidden from view, which makes them even scarier. I do not like them SamIam!
They do have nice flowers, though... The cultivar 'frisia' is said to be less invasive and more delicate, but I have seen and heard otherwise.
-Tom
You are kidding, right?
It may make OK firewood (?), but I would say at least 90% of the Robinia I have ever removed had extensive columnar decay, usually hidden from view, which makes them even scarier. I do not like them SamIam!
They do have nice flowers, though... The cultivar 'frisia' is said to be less invasive and more delicate, but I have seen and heard otherwise.
-Tom
- Location
- rhode island
I stand by my claims. 26.5 million Btu's per chord, that's pretty good, I think. It's not the most rot resistant but still dang good.
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"They have very rot resistant timber and it makes great firewood."
You are kidding, right?
It may make OK firewood (?), but I would say at least 90% of the Robinia I have ever removed had extensive columnar decay, usually hidden from view, which makes them even scarier. I do not like them SamIam!
They do have nice flowers, though... The cultivar 'frisia' is said to be less invasive and more delicate, but I have seen and heard otherwise.
-Tom
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He is not kidding.
They are one of the BEST fence post species out there. I don't understand it either. As trees, they suck. Lots of dead and decay. As post, they are awesome, extremely long decay resistance. AND, i agree, one of the best firewood species out there for heat output.
"They have very rot resistant timber and it makes great firewood."
You are kidding, right?
It may make OK firewood (?), but I would say at least 90% of the Robinia I have ever removed had extensive columnar decay, usually hidden from view, which makes them even scarier. I do not like them SamIam!
They do have nice flowers, though... The cultivar 'frisia' is said to be less invasive and more delicate, but I have seen and heard otherwise.
-Tom
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He is not kidding.
They are one of the BEST fence post species out there. I don't understand it either. As trees, they suck. Lots of dead and decay. As post, they are awesome, extremely long decay resistance. AND, i agree, one of the best firewood species out there for heat output.
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
Maybe once you take the bark off the wood, it doesn't decay? What else is the timber good for besides fenceposts? I don't trust them for safety based on my experience with them, and I have cut down many a black locust in my career, most of them with decay and major defects in the wood.
I have heated with wood for much of my life, and I would rather split a lower btu wood and use more than f**k with black locust for the extra btu's. I understand the need for high quality wood, as I have a small stove and can't mess with low btu fuel, but black locust does not lend itself to being good firewood, regardless of btu output IMO. A 60' specimen might yield 1/2 cord of mostly stringy limbwood (and a free nest of carpenter ants), whereas a much smaller tree of another species would yield more, so the btu argument becomes academic. That is my humble opinion.
-Tom
I have heated with wood for much of my life, and I would rather split a lower btu wood and use more than f**k with black locust for the extra btu's. I understand the need for high quality wood, as I have a small stove and can't mess with low btu fuel, but black locust does not lend itself to being good firewood, regardless of btu output IMO. A 60' specimen might yield 1/2 cord of mostly stringy limbwood (and a free nest of carpenter ants), whereas a much smaller tree of another species would yield more, so the btu argument becomes academic. That is my humble opinion.
-Tom
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
-Tom
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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It's a damn bush that looks like it will be a nasty invasive if it ever grows up to be a tree.
Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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It's a damn bush that looks like it will be a nasty invasive if it ever grows up to be a tree.
- Location
- rhode island
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You rock Waldo you got it!
now, seeing how things go around here, what is this tree?
I have no idea what it is.
it's a small ornamental and the caretaker didn't know what it was either.
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I think it's Oxydendrum arboreum.
You rock Waldo you got it!
now, seeing how things go around here, what is this tree?
I have no idea what it is.
it's a small ornamental and the caretaker didn't know what it was either.
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I think it's Oxydendrum arboreum.
- Location
- North of Boston
Robinia si also good for ship. the wood is very strong, has natural rot resistance, and has a natural bow the grain.
Hemlock is another GREAT fence post!
Hemlock is another GREAT fence post!
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Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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no don't.
I was doing it to pick on Waldo.
It is Waldo's turn.
you see, so i posted another picture just like he did so I could be mean and prove a point. (with a smile).
It is actually Waldo's turn.
I don't think black locust is hard to split myself and many times I will do it by hand. yes, you got a point about the black carpenter ants.
About my ornamental tree. I truely don't have any idea what it is, but I will post that on it's on post in the ID section.
Lets get on with the game (my vote anyway).
Waldo, you are rightfully up.........
Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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no don't.
I was doing it to pick on Waldo.
It is Waldo's turn.
you see, so i posted another picture just like he did so I could be mean and prove a point. (with a smile).
It is actually Waldo's turn.
I don't think black locust is hard to split myself and many times I will do it by hand. yes, you got a point about the black carpenter ants.
About my ornamental tree. I truely don't have any idea what it is, but I will post that on it's on post in the ID section.
Lets get on with the game (my vote anyway).
Waldo, you are rightfully up.........
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Hemlock is another GREAT fence post!
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REALLY??? cool, i didn't know that.
I did know that hemlock is great for cutting down one day, milling it that same day and building with it (green) the next day. Because it doesn't warp at all as it drys. not many trees can be used like that.
Hemlock is another GREAT fence post!
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REALLY??? cool, i didn't know that.
I did know that hemlock is great for cutting down one day, milling it that same day and building with it (green) the next day. Because it doesn't warp at all as it drys. not many trees can be used like that.
guymayor
Branched out member
- Location
- East US, Earth
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Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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It's a damn bush that looks like it will be a nasty invasive if it ever grows up to be a tree.
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Unique flower, form, and twig color--purple!--, and growth habit. The picture did not tell the whole story, but... heychip It's a great time of year to hike the nature trail at the unc bot garden... and check the labels...!
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Somebody take a guess at Xman's red-twigged-dogwood-peapod tree before we get too far afield here!
-Tom
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It's a damn bush that looks like it will be a nasty invasive if it ever grows up to be a tree.
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Unique flower, form, and twig color--purple!--, and growth habit. The picture did not tell the whole story, but... heychip It's a great time of year to hike the nature trail at the unc bot garden... and check the labels...!
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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[...]
Unique flower, form, and twig color--purple!--, and growth habit. The picture did not tell the whole story, but... heychip It's a great time of year to hike the nature trail at the unc bot garden... and check the labels...!
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You have a point, might take the kids over there today...
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Unique flower, form, and twig color--purple!--, and growth habit. The picture did not tell the whole story, but... heychip It's a great time of year to hike the nature trail at the unc bot garden... and check the labels...!
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You have a point, might take the kids over there today...
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
Banjo, are you gonna post or what? I know you just got back from the Easter egg hunt, so I'll cut you some slack!
-Tom
-Tom
easyphloem
Branched out member
- Location
- Louisville, KY
Somebody put up a new picture to guess at!
It's been two days, and I am growing weak from a lack of trees from a distance!
SZ
It's been two days, and I am growing weak from a lack of trees from a distance!
SZ
- Location
- rhode island
Tom seems to think its my turn. Is It?
- Location
- NJ
it is now your turn.
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
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Tom seems to think its my turn. Is It?
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Yeah, it's your turn! Post a Rhododendrum or sumthin!
-Tom
Tom seems to think its my turn. Is It?
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Yeah, it's your turn! Post a Rhododendrum or sumthin!
-Tom
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