It’s an invasive species and they grow with very poor structure so that they basically collapse in a pile of broken limbs after a couple of decades. And the nurseries marketed them heavily for a while so they’re planted everywhere. Pain in the ass to work with.
They make fantastic smoke though. Absolutely the best free meat smoking wood out there, because you can always find it in piles at the ends of people’s driveways for the trash to pick up.
Honestly one of my favorite trees for exactly this reason.
It’s an invasive species and they grow with very poor structure so that they basically collapse in a pile of broken limbs after a couple of decades. And the nurseries marketed them heavily for a while so they’re planted everywhere. Pain in the ass to work with.
They make fantastic smoke though. Absolutely the best free meat smoking wood out there, because you can always find it in piles at the ends of people’s driveways for the trash to pick up.
Honestly one of my favorite trees for exactly this reason.