Easy Tricks to Identify 9 Common Species' of Firewood
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- To learn more about firewood identification, check-out this article on the Burly Beaver blog: burlybeaver.com/how-to-identi...
In this episode, Jon walks through identification tricks for a few common species of firewood. And each trick can be done without leaves! This is an important technique, given that firewood usually has to be identified without leaves since it's split and dried.
1:00 - Pine
1:35 - Oak
2:48 - Sycamore
4:00 - Elm
4:35 - Cherry
5:09 - Mulberry
5:45 - Maple
7:10 - Hickory
8:05 - Ash
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Wow! Holy smokes I’m speechless. This is the best and most educational video I have ever seen. I have property in dillsboro Indiana and I’m starting to sell fire wood and you my friend just named every tree I was curious about. Thank you very very much!
Love it - so glad to hear it was helpful. I’m actually in the process of putting together another video that IDs about 11 common species using only the bark. Should be coming out in the next couple of weeks, so consider subscribing (if you haven’t already) so that you’ll see it when I publish. Cheers.
There are already 224 comments at the time I’m watching this video, and literally every comment says the same thing as me, but I’m still compelled to add a comment about how amazing the info in this video is - it is JUST THAT GOOD.
I am speechless to, Andrew, by his presentation. Burly Beaver: you sure do know your stuff. GREAT JOB. Thank you!!
Up here in Colorado we burn a lot of Ponderosa Pine. It is a popular firewood because of its abundance. It does seem to be more pitchy than hardwoods, and yes, live cut pine is extremely sappy. We usually buck up into rounds if felled in early spring and let them "bleed" all summer. Then split in early fall and stack to dry. By December it is ready to burn as fuel. We usually mix our pine with red gamble oak and cedar/ juniper ( which burn slower) and have a nice aromatic smell, to increase the BTU output.
50/50 mixed of pine / oak are commonly asked for.
If you like a "pretty" fire, and don't rely on wood for heat, say only in the fireplace on Christmas, many will buy a half chord of Aspen. It's usually in 3" or less rounds, because of the white smooth bark is beautiful in the fireplace rack, and less messy to handle. Not much heat but pretty flames for that " Norman Rockwell" picture with the family around the fireplace.
Nice video, just wanted to input a western perspective.
Hey Paul - awesome notes here. That’s great to get a perspective from the Western US. I might have mentioned that we’re based in the Midwest, so there tends to be a bit more hardwoods like Hickory, Maple, Oak, etc.
Interesting stuff, thanks for the comment.
I love all of your firewood videos. I don't burn firewood myself, but i do pick up random logs for woodworking and turning and it is really nice to know what i'm working with.
Best 9 minutes on CZcams! Very helpful; nice work!
You were very thorough in your descriptions. Thank you. You helped me totally in identifying!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making a very well put together video!
this is the best video on the subject that i could find on youtube,thanks alot and nice work!
Thanks! That's great to hear. Glad you found it useful.
It's nice for people that don't know there wood but I used to log run a skidder I can identify wood pretty much now
Mister Burly Beaver ,good videos !! Love your interest you take in everything firewood ! I try to learn everything I can about the trees around .I am in the woods ,cutting firewood& dropping trees most days of my retired life .I manage some acreage for friends and heat my home solely with wood for many years. I will burn anything that is dried well,but now can be more picky about my wood. I had to burn a lot of Elm for many years .There are so many dead elm in Western Pa they were everywhere. Some of the Elm is stringy twisted very hard to burn . Other Elm I come across is so much like red oak ,I have been fooled many times . It is not stringy but has a definite characteristic that immediately says Elm.It has the most prominently visible Rays of any wood I be ever seen . It does burn well ,it has a smoother tighter bark than the twisty Elm and burns better .I have made peace with that Elm and will harvest it. I burned some large diameter dog wood this year ,tree had died & had to come out . Burned very well . Keep up the good work ,like watching your stuff .
Another way to know it is cherry wood is the wood will have tiny white spots speckled throughout. There are white horizontal lines on the bark but tiny dots in the wood
Extremely well done! Don't forget to say that Mulberry starts out yellow on the ends then turns to reddish brown as it dries.
Thanks for the note Les - I’m glad you liked my summary
Great videos. Please show us how to make circular wood piles. Thank you for your well researched content. Love the wood identification videos as well.
Great vid, scenery, and soundtrack.
Excellent video! You deliver helpful information quickly and clearly. If you aren't a professional educator, you should be.
Thanks Doug - appreciate it!
Thank you from those of us like myself that go find free firewood. I use mine for my smoker and my wife is allergic to pecan and walnut so I avoid them like the plague. I also try to avoid anything like birch, elm, or pine since they taste terrible on smokers. This gave me the keys to know what im looking at. Going to go get some free cherry wood this afternoon.
Excellent knowledge and good to know. I will never remember any of these distinguishing features so I will probably be back :) Thank you for the video
Thanks for the kind words Dale - glad you found it helpful!
Ohio here. Great info. Thanks.
Some solid pointers here that I will mos def put to use. Ty 👍🏻
Amazing video. Answered all my curiosities
Very informative, thanks!
Nice informative video. In my area one of the best firewood that is plentiful is black locust.
This was very helpful and informative. Thank you for that!
Nice job young man! Good information and good presentation. Thank you.
Well done. Clear and simple!
Thanks Marc! Appreciate it!
I enjoyed your video. Good job presenting. I live in RI and Massachusetts and have been cutting firewood for decades. I can tell the difference between many varieties of trees but I realized there are many types of oaks and types of maples etc. on our lands. I am trying to teach myself these differences. It is fun but I have a lot to learn.
Hey Gerry - thanks for the kind words. I’m looking to learn more about the different types of oaks myself. I may put together a video about it once I learn more. Cheers.
@@burlybeaver6013 That would be interesting and enjoyable though a big task for you.
This was great because it's the wood I was most curious about, too. Plus, once you said Midwest, I was thinking yes, great. Then you topped it off and said Indiana! I knew I must like and subscribe as I am located in southwestern Indiana.
I love your videos!! I wish you lived in the south but there’s still a lot of info for me. I’ve started making tables out of logs but when I buy I wasn’t sure how to be sure when trying to identify the wood. I can how😉😁 Thanks so much!!!
Thank you - I have been looking for such a video - Thank you very much!
You’re welcome! I’m publishing more videos like this one, let me know if you have any ideas or related questions and I might be able to do a future video on it. Cheers.
This is THE BEST tutorial video I’ve ever seen !!! New sub here for sure !!!!!
Great video and explanation kind sir!
This was just what I was looking for! I've recently moved onto a 14 acre homestead (most of which is forest) in southern Ontario and I got more information about identifying trees by their bark from this short little video than in any of my tree identification guides. Well done! Thanks!
Thanks! This is exactly the kind of help I’m hoping people can gain from my channel, so it’s great to hear it worked for you. Cheers.
i can identify a dogwood tree by its bark
The cricket drove me crazy!! I was looking for it in my living room, the cricket that is. Great information I took notes
Lol - yeah, sorry about that. You’re not the first person to mention the cricket on this one.
Excellent instructional video. Thanks!
Appreciate it!
Very informative, thank you!!
Thanks for the video, very informative
I could not tell what is what when it comes to wood. Your video makes it very interesting and informative. Thank you for your video and your explanation. Very nice.
Thanks Carl - glad you found it helpful!
Great video! Thank you!
Excellent video!
Helpful. Thank you, sir!
Thank you I watched your video twice so I could put notes in my Bushcraft journal. Take care and happy New Year 🏕
Thanks - and happy new year to you!
As a NYC boy I don't know how I ended up here but I am sure glad I did. Thank you for this interesting info.
Thank you for the amazing video it helped me identify some what I got for free from a neighbor down the street
Thank you very informative video!!
Helpful video. Thanks!
Great video! Thanks a lot for making it.
Hey Robert - glad you liked the video, cheers!
I'm impressed with you! I subscribed! Good info!
That’s great to hear, Mark. Thanks for subscribing!
Down here in Tennessee we have cherry with a extremely white sap wood and pinkish color when fresh cut.
Thanks bud Nice video
Thanks for sharing.
good info, thanks.
Thanks for the video 👍
Very helpful!
Great vid!
Pretty dang helpful, thankyou
I could identify all those woods you had and I appreciate your presentation. FYI only next time maybe you could collect a leaf from each which would help the viewers to put the leaf with the bark and the grain of the woods together. Your presentation was very informative and helpful. Thank you.
this was helpful thanks
Good info. Thanks
Thanks that helps!!
Very Nice video!!! Awesome!!!
Nice job!
Got some nice seasoned wood in the background
Southern Indiana here. Great video. Mostly red oak with a little white oak and beech around our property. Some pine, cedar, poplar, mulberry, and sassafras but I don't cut those unless they need to go away. There's no more ash around here at all lol
Hey Josh - that sounds like a solid mix. Thanks for the comment!
Great video, im in england so tree species little different here. Ash wood is good here( fraxinus excelsior) the bark is grey and smooth when under 50 years old and very narly in old ash trees.
Thanks great job explaining!
Thanks Eli!
Damn! That was awesome!
Well done! GOD Bless
Great video...and looks like a really nice person!
Awesome job! Thank you!
Thanks man!
Mulberry can have a yellow tinge to the bark. The wood can also look yellow when first cut.
Cherry has a distinctive odor to it.
White oak can have shaggy bark. If you don't know trees, you can get them confused.
One thing to look at before the tree is cut up is how the branches are arranged on the tree. Very few trees have branches in that are opposite of each other. If you remember mad horse, it can help
Maple, ash, dogwood and horse chestnut (which includes buckeyes), have opposite branches. The majority of the rest of the trees have alternate branches.
If you have 3 or more branches in a circular pattern, this is referred to as whorled. White pine has this branching pattern.
Good tips, I had some shaggy white dropped off that really confused me.
@@ryan92084 thanks. I had a tree ID course in college. I find myself automatically iding trees when I see them.
Outstanding Mr. Jon! Good overall knowledge helps us all... I have many types of wood cut and still struggle to re-identify them sometimes. Great tips...much appreciated!
Thanks Ricc - always appreciate your comments, thanks for sticking around my channel!
very useful mate
Nice video thank you
Finally. Thanks
Excellent info!
Thanks Greg - Merry Christmas!
@@burlybeaver6013 Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
Thankyou
i l,ive in ct. exactly what i needed. ty! i am clueless about wood/tree species but a few years ago i started burning wood to supplement my winter heating in our 2800 sf house. i'm seeing different characteristics but don't know the species. now i've started harvesting wood from our acreage for woodworking and i really need to know what i'm working with. most of the trees were laying on the ground, leaveless etc when we moved here so i was lost as to how to identify them and it's remarkable the lack of good info out there. most of the trees you went through are common to us.
one question... with ash vs hickory is the ash a lot lighter (less heavy)? i ask because i know hickory is used for ax handles etc and i have hickorys, but i also have a very white wood that splits like its nothing, very cleanly and very light in color and weight, nothing comparable to hickory. could that be ash? american beech maybe? it's very white and it is soooo easy it is to split.
Great video I learned alot, Just subscribed
Hey! Welcome to the party! Thanks for the comment/sub!
good video thanks
Great video. I live in East Tx and would like to be able to identify felled sweet gum in order to avoid it in BBQ smoker. Ideas?
BURLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP, i HAVE A QUESTION IS ficus indian LAUREL fig GOOD FOR firewood? THANK YOU
Watching this makes me want summer to come quick
It does bring back WARM memories (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun).
@@burlybeaver6013 lol
Good information sir
Thanks!
Studying dendrology helps one identify tree species by the leaves, twigs, buds, fruit, and bark. The easiest way for me to identify firewood is looking at the bark.
What resources do you recommend studying? I’m always looking to learn more?
@@burlybeaver6013Every Forester is trained to identify different tree species. After spending fifty years managing the Forest, I usually can immediately identify a tree species just by looking at the bark. Your presentation focused more on wood technology (understanding wood by just looking at the grain) which is harder for most observers than the bark. I just happened to watch your clip and it was well done so keep up the good work. I still use the books I had in college during the 70s to identify certain species I rarely see. Be safe cutting; that's another completely different profession that I enjoy and was trained to do while studying forestry.
Good job, I see you practice the bark side up wood stacking, you should mention that for the people that stack fire wood.
😊thanks
Rock Maple has tangential rays also that can be seen in wood split towards the center.
It's an easy way to differentia woods especially if the bark fell off.
Great video but you forgot the king of fire wood! Mesquite!!! It’s the best especially for grilling fajitas 😅we use a lot in Texas 😅🤠
I have real hard time with ash and poplar bark after I cut it I can tell I just don’t want to cut poplar
I had just bought a load of wood and cannot identify, it has a yellow tinge and a sort of shiny sheen to it. Any ideas?
The Ash rings and Elm rings both look wavy to me.
Yay I’m in Indiana too
excellent video with great explanation details! thank you!
You’re welcome. Glad you liked it!
I often confuse maple and beech branches from the bark. Once you saw into its not too hard to tell though.
I had a Douglas fir tree that toppled over, and I cut up lots of the wood and gave it to a neighbor who does burn wood. That wood had lots of sap to it. When I trim branches from my spruce trees, there is also lots of sap. So sap is probably more indicative of conifer evergreen tree wood; more would need to be known to identify the specific species.
Hey Steve - good point. I agree with you, that one was probably an oversimplification on my part. Thanks for the note!
I didn't know you could burn mulberry for firewood,I always use oak or maple for a hard wood to burn
If anybody has a problem telling ash from hickory they should figure it out when they pick a piece up or start splitting it. Also a person's options would have to be pretty low if they were splitting sycamore by hand to burn. Might as well save yourself the work you're gonna do for nothing and cut it up into burnable pieces with your saw. You may get some to split but you're mostly just gonna be able to knock a little off the edges. Some twisted up stuff and it doesn't even burn that hot. Pretty Good video bud.
I’ve got about a cord and a half just for indoor fires during winter in the south so it’s not overly important but also good to have in an emergency.. I’ve got about 10% maple 30% poplar and 60% oak… I’ve always wondered when I buy bags of wood what I’m getting oak and poplar are easy to identify well because I watched this video a few years back for the oak rays… I’m hoping to see what cherry, walnut, and hickory look like I can never identify the “hardwoods” I get in the stuff I buy
Great video but I think you were being heckled by Jiminy Cricket the entire time. 😆