Two trees and a woodpecker

*It is hard to find a joke today without a dirty word or two in it, but
here is one:

Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods. A small tree
begins to grow between them, and the beech says to the birch, 'Is that tree
a son of a beech or a son of a birch?'

The birch says he cannot tell, but just then a woodpecker lands on the
sapling..
The birch says, 'Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that is
a son of a beech or a son of a birch?'

The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree and replies, 'It is neither
a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. It is, however, the best piece of
ash I have ever poked my pecker into.

Now wipe that smile off your face.