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    tmschuller

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    Do you know your trees well enough to name that variety? I would call that Oak, maybe Pin Oak.
    Yes I do. It was definitely not a pin oak. It was an ash. It still had most its bark. I have a lot of pin oak in the fence line and the neighbors want there fence line cleaned up next year. Looking forward to cutting it
     

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    Yes I do. It was definitely not a pin oak. It was an ash. It still had most its bark. I have a lot of pin oak in the fence line and the neighbors want there fence line cleaned up next year. Looking forward to cutting it
    I don't "think" I had much ash on my property, I could be wrong. Some of the dead I've cut had the bark falling off of it. So now I got to go look for some that has bark like that.
     

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    So, is the general consensus that the ash population in Indiana is essentially gone?
    Absolutely not. Missing bark standing dead is one indicator of eab killed ash.

    TM is right, that's ash. You can even see the eab trail marks on the couple barkless pieces near the tip of his saw.

    Pin oak is in the red oak family. Huge clue to spotting pin oak is downward growing lower branches
     

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    In the trees
    Absolutely not. Missing bark standing dead is one indicator of eab killed ash.

    TM is right, that's ash. You can even see the eab trail marks on the couple barkless pieces near the tip of his saw.

    Pin oak is in the red oak family. Huge clue to spotting pin oak is downward growing lower branches
    I see that now. I would guess I've cut up some ash not knowing what I had. The bark pattern seems very similar to me.
     

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    So, is the general consensus that the ash population in Indiana is essentially gone?
    The ash borer will be around for years, so will ash. The small ash are not sought after by eab. There will be enough of a population of eab left that as the ash mature the eab will flourish. It will decimate the size class of ash that are appetizing. Then on and on.

    I don't see sawlog size ash ever making it unless they are treated.
     

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    In the trees
    Ok, let's try a new game, see where it goes. I'm not especially good at this, maybe we can learn a tree or two.

    "Name that tree"
    Specimen 1:
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    I see this one quite often around the property. Can't recall if I've cut one for firewood.

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    This one is the 2nd that spared our little metal shed. I thought it was interesting that it had buds in the crown. Tree measured 65 feet base to crown, and another 20 feet of crown. It's in my next video.
     
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    tmschuller

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    Ok, let's try a new game, see where it goes. I'm not especially good at this, maybe we can learn a tree or two.

    "Name that tree"
    Specimen 1:
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    I see this one quite often around the property. Can't recall if I've cut one for firewood.

    Specimen 2:
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    This one is the 2nd that spared our little metal shed. I thought it was interesting that it had buds in the crown. Tree measured 65 base to crown, and another 20 feet of crown. It's in my next video.
    1- black walnut? 2- swamp oak or white oak? Not a 100% sure but going in!
     

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    A big cherrie blew over where I hunt. Going out after deer season to stock the landowner and then my pile. 24" at the base, easy.
    We cut camp wood last month at my cabin in Michigan. Lots of dead standing oak about 8" in diameter. Filled a truck in about an hour and had it all split and stacked in another hour. Man I slept good that night!
     

    paintball_addiction

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    Ok, let's try a new game, see where it goes. I'm not especially good at this, maybe we can learn a tree or two.

    "Name that tree"
    Specimen 1:
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    I see this one quite often around the property. Can't recall if I've cut one for firewood.

    Specimen 2:
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    This one is the 2nd that spared our little metal shed. I thought it was interesting that it had buds in the crown. Tree measured 65 feet base to crown, and another 20 feet of crown. It's in my next video.
    #1 looks like Ash to me. I'm not sure on #2. Are there any leaves left on the top that you can inspect to determine species?
     

    indyjohn

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    In the trees
    A big cherrie blew over where I hunt. Going out after deer season to stock the landowner and then my pile. 24" at the base, easy.
    We cut camp wood last month at my cabin in Michigan. Lots of dead standing oak about 8" in diameter. Filled a truck in about an hour and had it all split and stacked in another hour. Man I slept good that night!
    I have a lot of cherry on the property but nothing that big! :wow:
     
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