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The bark on a hard maple is lighter colored, plus it's tight and doesn't flake off easily, whereas on a soft maple it has long scales which easily come off. Can you tell the difference in a standing tree with no leaves? If so, go check out a few to see the difference in bark. Small tree can be tough in winter... I once had a licensed professional forester with 30 years of experience insist that the soft maple we were looking at was hard. (The fact that we were in a cedar swamp should have been a giveaway.)
A useless piece of trivia; on a per pound basis all wood has the same amount of BTUs.
Very helpful, thanks. I haven't done much I'd on winter trees but the bark comments I will look into.
Useless trivia? Sure. Interesting none the less. :thumbsup: