Wood ID and Possible Gloat (pic intensive)

[wizer]

Hi Guys

I was walking around my Dad's property yesterday and we came across a number of trees with what I think are burls on them. One of these trees looks dead.

There is also a stump from a tree which was sadly removed last summer without my knowledge

Will these burls still be worth having? Can anyone tell me what the tree is?




Also this was laying on the ground, any guesses what it is?

Further more I picked these up the other day

I know it's hard to tell from these pics. I seriously need a chainsaw.

Cheers

 

[Jenx]

I'm pretty hopeless at Tree ID's / Log ID's ....
But I'm fascinated with the burrs on the side of the standing tree ...

I read somewhere that these 'abnormalities' are basically like cancers that grow on the tree... would that be right enough ?

Isn't that just the weirdest... like "warts" on the trunk ... what would bring these about in the first instance, I wonder ?
Nature never fails to amaze ... even with things you've seen hundreds of times, but never really thought about.. as per the burrs.

 

[cornucopia]

hello tom- the burrs on the stump should still be good to turn.
the log laying on the floor looks like a young ash log-you'll soon tell once the ends been docked.
the logs outside near the blue tarp look like a mix of beech(smooth bark tiny orange things on it) and ash

 

[tulsk]

standing tree is Robinia

 

[wizer]

The standing tree is too large for myself or my Dad to fell. Do you think it's worth paying for a tree surgeon to fell it? Could I recoup my costs by selling some or most of the Burl?

If it is Robina, is this a widely sought after burl?

 

[wizer]

this is all I can find so far:

 

[cornucopia]

Robina -false or true acacia have a very distinctive leaf and colour/ the bark is very riven worse than mature walnut sometiems it can be 2" deep between the fissures- very distinctive. i cant tell from these pics but it doesnt look like an acacia tree.
is there any leaves left on it or is it completley dead?

 

[big soft moose]

The standing tree is too large for myself or my Dad to fell. Do you think it's worth paying for a tree surgeon to fell it? Could I recoup my costs by selling some or most of the Burl?

If it is Robina, is this a widely sought after burl?

I could fell it for you in theory for some of the wood( being a proffesional chainsaw user) - however if its within its fall length of houses i'm not touching it.

that said i dont think its worth paying a pro to drop it for you in those circs as a good pro would be expensive , and you dont want a cowboy for obvious reasons.

also standing deadwood is an important woodpecker/nuthatch/tree creeper invertebrate habitat so i wouldnt encourage you to fell it just for the wood - if it needs to come down anyway then thats different.

as the tree is dead anyway you could look at just taking the burr off and leaving the tree standing

also on the chainsaw front i will shortly have a s/h sthil ms260 with a 16" bar for sale for circa 100 notes - i'll give you first refusal and a mates rate of 75 if you are interested, pm me