noob split id help

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AmarilloSlim

AmarilloSlim

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Split a few rounds of this yesterday and I'm not real sure what it is. Black locust...?
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Where do you live? (that's important information in wood ID)
 
That's Walnut. Reddish brown deep farrowed bark.
 
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Richie said:
Sassafras for sure. Middle of the road firewood for sure. Makes great kindling and leaves behind virtually no coal bed.
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That was my first thought as well.
 
nrford said:
That was my first thought as well.
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You can't miss Sassafras aroma. Splitting it or cutting it, you'll smell pertussin cough medicine.:eek: It still looks like Walnut to me.
 
Just doesn't seem to look dark enough for walnut and the bark looks more like sassy.
 
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It definitely has a strong smell that I dont care much for. Also my wood flooring buddy said it looks to close grained for walnut.
 
i am in agreement with it being Black Walnut
 
I can assure you it is not Walnut, I will suggest Butternut as a very good possibility however.
 
Here we go again.... Get the popcorn out
 
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Hogwildz said:
Here we go again.... Get the popcorn out
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Yeah, I'm not convinced on the Sass call. They show the range in eastern TX but not Amarillo....
Also, the inner bark doesn't look orange in the pics. Does it smell like Hall's mento-lyptus cough drops?
 
Woody Stover said:
Yeah, I'm not convinced on the Sass call. They show the range in eastern TX but not Amarillo....
Also, the inner bark doesn't look orange in the pics. Does it smell like Hall's mento-lyptus cough drops?
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No it doesn't smell like a medicine cabinet. Has more of... A nutty smell for lack of better words. Split easy with an axe. Tossed a split in a hot chiminea with no popping but didn't really care for the smell.
 
Dont know what it is, but pretty sure its not walnut. Walnuts has a wonderful aroma, IMO. The wood reminds me of the Tree of heaven that I picked up a couple of years ago.
 
I don't think its alianthus. Almost positive I cleared so from a friends property awhile back and that stuff stunk! On a side note I might not care for the scent of this wood as every time I burn pecan I get a massive headache and that's what this reminds me of when I smell it...... Also gave me a headache.

If it is tree of hell I have no place for junk wood.
 
It is certainly not Ailanthus. Although I am stumped as to identifying it.
 
if that's black walnut I'll eat my fiskars!

looks like catalpa to me.

and catalpa DOES have a strong smell to it, kind of a pungent/sweet/chemical smell.
 
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blujacket said:
I second Catalpa. Hate the smell of that stuff ;sick
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Only thing is according to United States Department of Agriculture plant profiles directory Catalpa is only known in three counties of Texas all of which are far far from here. I really do appreciative everyone's thoughts and opinions of my hybrid lab tree. I do know it was a yard tree but I never seen any leaves or anything other than the rounds.
 
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