Mimosa Tree Firewood

I only cut it small enough to handle.

Mimosa tree firewood. The smell you have noticed results from the burning of oils which occur naturally in the wood of the mimosa tree. As part of my job i sometimes cut down trees. I had to cut a pretty big mimosa tree a couple weeks ago. Although usually grown as an ornamental tree the wood from mimosa can be used for a number of different things.

Itll prolly make a cord or a little more. When a living tree is cut down the timber needs to age or season for a minimum of six to nine months before burning. It is not dangerous to your health but if the smell bothers you then try burning another type of wood. The species has a fairly limited range growing in just a handful of states through the appalachian mountains and into missouri and arkansas but it produces a strong dense wood famous for making fence posts.

The mimosa tree can encompass a wide range of tree varieties. Unlike other exotic albizia species which are diffuse porous mimosa tends to be semi ring porous especially when grown in temperate regions. Anyway theres a couple decent chunks. Mimosa trees are most easily recognized by their pom pom like flowers which have silky floss like features.

This afternoon ive got to remove a big mimosa tree for the mil it is fairly big three 16 24 trunks coming up out of a common base. And lots of branches. Mimosa has been planted as an ornamental tree in many locales. It tends to be a short lived tree thats considered an invasive species in some areas.

Ive never heard anyone say how it burns is it worth cutting up into firewood or is it the kind of wood you just need to block up throw on the trailer and haul to the burn pile. Freshly cut wood called green wood is loaded with sap mostly water and.