Beaver has killed at least 8-Trees in a few weeks

[MossRoad]

Beaver eat the bark on softwood trees/brush. Hardwood trees are safe.

I don't think that's true. They eat poplar. Poplar is a hardwood. They eat cottonwood. That's a hardwood, too.

For the most part, any tree that loses it's leaves in the fall is a hardwood.

 

[MossRoad]

Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as pines and spruces.... that means naked seeds.

Hardwood is wood from dicot trees, that have flowers and seeds with shells, like acorns.

Hardwoods have pores in the wood. Softwoods don't.

Most hardwoods are hard and most softwoods are soft, but as mentioned, balsa is a hardwood and it's very soft, while douglas fir is a softwood and it is pretty hard. However, the hardest softwood is still softer than most hardwoods.

 

[Jstpssng]

Beaver eat the bark on softwood trees/brush. Hardwood trees are safe. People can easily learn to live with beavers in the area. Beavers can be a problem , most of the time if a person understands them the problem can be corrected. If you insist on fighting the beaver, perhaps you should look in the mirror and consider who was here 1st. Perhaps you should move back to the city where you will feel more to home.

Their favorite is actually aspen, then alders, but they will eat others if they have to. I don't believe that I have ever seen a softwood in a feed bed. Earlier today I came across where a beaver had been caught while taking down a small yellow birch tree, there wasn't much left but a little belly fur, the offal and castors. (Darn, I should have picked the latter up.) I would say that he put up a fight though, at least one of the 'yotes was losing blood.

 

[Jstpssng]

Softwood is wood from gymnosperm trees such as pines and spruces.... that means naked seeds.

Hardwood is wood from dicot trees, that have flowers and seeds with shells, like acorns.

Hardwoods have pores in the wood. Softwoods don't.

Most hardwoods are hard and most softwoods are soft, but as mentioned, balsa is a hardwood and it's very soft, while douglas fir is a softwood and it is pretty hard. However, the hardest softwood is still softer than most hardwoods.

Hardwoods drop their leaves in fall, softwoods don't. The only exception is larch (aka Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper), which is a softwood yet sheds it's needles every year.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't think that's true. They eat poplar. Poplar is a hardwood. They eat cottonwood. That's a hardwood, too.

For the most part, any tree that loses it's leaves in the fall is a hardwood.

Hardwoods drop their leaves in fall, softwoods don't. The only exception is larch (aka Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper), which is a softwood yet sheds it's needles every year.

I think I said that in an earlier post.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
I missed that one, with your split post. :embarrassed:

I did manage to add about the tamarack shedding though.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Hardwoods drop their leaves in fall, softwoods don't. The only exception is larch (aka Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper), which is a softwood yet sheds it's needles every year.

Madrone is a broadleaf evergreen with deciduous bark, found widely on the West Coast below the 45th parallel. Eucalyptus has the same growth habit. Madrone is considered the premium firewood around here. It lights easy, burns hot, holds a good coal, and is clean to handle because the bark is paper thin. Judging from the beaver vote, it's not particularly edible, probably because of the thin cambium layer. Beaver prefer alder, willow, and wild plum.

 

[s219]

On my property, the beavers like to chew on oaks, beeches, and gums. They seem to leave the poplars and maples alone.

 

[PILOON]

A friend once remarked that he'd not have beaver problems at his place as he only had a small clump of cedars near the shoreline.
Couple weeks later he swore as the beavers decimated his only trees.

They must have been starving, that or they requisitioned for their dam.
LOL, being smart engineers they select cedar for the rot resistance. (Must have been specified in the dam plans)

 

[check]

On my property, the beavers like to chew on oaks, beeches, and gums. They seem to leave the poplars and maples alone.

Wow, that’s a surprise. At my place they attack the big poplars FIRST. Nice, thick bark. Had to cut down 17 of them myself, so that the beavers wouldn’t cut them down and have them fall on my big boat house.