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Yesterday my wife told me something spooked the crap out of the dog. Today I took the dog around the yard and saw this

I was just out there a couple days ago, cutting some weeds and branches and stuff from other trees... and I was pretty focused on the things i was going after, but i can't imagine i missed a whole tree laying down for the long nap.
So. what kind of tree is this likely to be?
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And since this is the 2nd tree to fall this year, should I take it as a divine slap in the back of the head telling me to invest in some kind of wood burning capability?
 
can you post a closer pic of some of the leaves and the bark on the trunk of the tree?
 
Catfish said:
can you post a closer pic of some of the leaves and the bark on the trunk of the tree?
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will do. I was going to get that and the other tree after my lunch.
I should have them posted tonight
 
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not 100% but looks like a Bradford pear by the bark and the leaves turn red in the fall. Good thing it is over. All they do is spit and break. It is non-native and a nuisance. As for burning, you can, but it won't create any coals like oak/hickory will. We would burn it in the fire pit outside.

Does it have little 3/8" size balls and white flowers that stink in the spring? If so it's a Bradford Pear.
 
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I'd say bradford pear, or similiar invasive pear. That's the best thing for it.
 
Pear. If all the stump doesn’t come up and it starts to grow back, it’ll have large thorns
 
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Doesn't the state have a program giving free native trees to replace the invasive Bradford pear?
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Yea, they did.. not sure if it’s still in effect or not. You spend a weekend cutting down and cleaning the mess from your pear tree and they give you (iirc) a little native sapling in return. What a deal!!! 🙄
 
If it's a pear tree, it hasn't made pears like the 2 pear trees next to it, and it oesn't look anything like them.
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as for the other tree that fell...
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This one is probably about a foot thick at the trunk. the one up above is maybe 6 or 8 inches tops
 
seems you guys think it's pear... looking at some info on bradfords, you may be right.

I'm not mad about losing it. I was actually thinking of planting some other fruit trees somewhere, so this space opening up isn't bad at all. the other 2 pear trees of whatever other variety make lots (and I do eat a bit of it.)

I figured the other tree was some kind of oak. seems like both trees would be good wood for burning if i were so inclined to cut and split. I gotta do something with the pear since it's laying in my yard anyway. The oak is off to the edge of the property so I don't care much if it just stays there... but if i get a wood burner... the cement foundation for my garage extends about a foot out... I could probably use that for stacking wood...

is this what it's like turning from a northern city boy to a southern redneck? always thinking about fruit trees and stacking firewood?
 
No may about it.. it’s an ornamental pear of some sort, not a eatin pear. It holds ALOT of water and is rather soft wood. I use it for fire wood when I have it but it doesn’t last as long as oak or other hard woods. Some use it in smokers as well.
 
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If it's a pear tree, it hasn't made pears like the 2 pear trees next to it, and it oesn't look anything like them.
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yea that is a Bradford Pear. It isn't a fruit tree like you are thinking an edible pear. It's a fast-growing ornamental shade tree popular in the 90s and early 2000s. A very brittle tree due to growing fast and is very prone to splitting in half, falling over, and other ways to break. What you had happen is common. If there is any bit of that stump alive it will shoot out sprouts.
 
It's not a Bradford.

But being not even remotely an arborist. I swear that looks like some kind of Japanese maple hybrid. They sometimes grow as their own thing. But usually take over some other species and the result is very weak. I've run across them alot. Where the bark and a branch or two is one species, then come fall, half the leaves turn yellow or brown and the other half are that brilliant crimson.
 
Um, those leaves look nothing like a Maple or Japanese maple of any kind. Japanese maples are often grafted, not uncommon to see what looks like two different species growing from one trunk. I had two at one time which did this if you didn’t keep the suckers cut back at the trunk base. That might be what your thinking of.

My Bradfords leaves turn the same color(s) this time of year. It may not be a Bradford but it’s an ornamental pear of some variety.
 
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DrScaryGuy said:
If it's a pear tree, it hasn't made pears like the 2 pear trees next to it, and it oesn't look anything like them.
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The first tree is a Bradford Pear. Provided it didn't damage anything when it fell, it falling was doing you a favor. Its a garbage tree. The wood is really brittle and they fall apart in storms.
The second tree is a southern red oak. There are several sub species of red oak, and they all have pretty similar leaves. The trees have close enough wood and grow similarly enough that it really doesn't matter to most folks.

I don't know how well bradford pear burns, but I can tell you the wood is very dense and heavy. The red oak will burn just fine.
 
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Pear burns like paper. Clean and fast with not much left over. It’s good for kindling but not for cooking.
 
Bradford pear is great for woodturning.
 
DrScaryGuy said:
if it involves okra, i'm working on that too. but my wife does the cooking and doesn't like it.
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Pickle them whole with some sliced jalapeno or your favorite pepper.

Otherwise, cut, breaded and fried. That's my wife's favorite way to eat them.
 
big fan of pickled okra. not a big fan of just cut and boiled in soup. but making fried slices of just about anything is fine with me
 
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