Thread: A nice score

Could be.

I know mature silver birch gets that interesting kind of staining around the heart.

Nice score.

Swap you some birch for black wattle if you're interested.

Originally Posted by rsser

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Swap you some birch for black wattle if you're interested.

Done deal

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Does this look like Birch?
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Dunno John
, the shape of that serrated leaf tells me no .
Another pic of an undamaged leaf laid out flat , and some catkins (seed cones ) will be a help .

The Birch could be White poplar if some of the bark has little black star shaped indentations.

More clues/information:
Compared to the Silky Oak the "unsub" was probably 60% lighter, size for size.

There seems to be a few different and similar trees around.

Silky Oak

You are a lucky man ! I didn't want the wood burners to get it!

I roughed out a bowl of the "alleged Birch" this arvo. I got quite wet while turning it! It was easy to turn and looks similar to oak at the moment. There is a bit of tannin in it as some of the lathe bed turned black.
To add some confusion to the debate here is a picture of Birch leaves and of American Beech!

Steck , is this 'birch' looking a light orange sort of colour ?

The colouration of the fresh cut log and the leaf sample that GJ has provided makes me think it could be Red Alder (Alnus rubra)

Thats is what I was thinking . Here is one I prepared earlier
towards the end of last year .
It took a while to identify it . The usual suspects were named first , birch elm etc , until someone on here, said that it looked like red alder , and yep , it is .

I am not sure what it is. Doesn't look like birch to me, or red alder either. Bark looks similar to alder, but the leaf doesn't. Oh, well, you can always call it fire wood.

robo hippy

John,

Looks like an alder to me, big give away with alder is when freshly cut it turns orangey colour plus it gets brown about the heart.

E-Flora BC Vascular Plant Atlas Page

Now with it being way down there it could be some kind of a hybrid.

Here's a section on maples and birches.

E-Flora Trees of British Columbia

Are these trees native or do you think they were imported?

Trevor

No matterwhat it's all wood and it's all good!!!

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Steck , is this 'birch' looking a light orange sort of colour ?

The cut end of the log is definitely a light orange colour. The wood inside is paler.