Sasafrass?
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Boiler74
Burning Hunk
The sass I've been splitting is yellower and has the distinctive smell of sass. Does it have a pleasant smell?
nrford
Minister of Fire
Clyde S. Dale
Feeling the Heat
I can always tell sass by the orange underside of the bark. Hard to tell by your pics. The first does look like it. The second one the bark appears to be too dark.
Pellet_Pete
Feeling the Heat
flattened ridges on the bark make it look more like a hickory to me, but then again I can't smell it from here 
Paulywalnut
Minister of Fire
jatoxico
Minister of Fire
Like Boiler said, sass has a yellow green hue and the sap and heart wood are distinctly different color. That looks more uniform throughout like ash maybe maple?? Tough to tell from bark alone. How about an end on pic of a round?
Could be right, Pauly...look on the flat cutside to see if there is a small "pinhole" in the center. Does it have that sweet smell to it like Sassy does? If not, and there's a pinhole it might very well be Ash.
Ralphie Boy
Minister of Fire
Dat's ash, man, way more better than sass. I gots me ah mountain of it, tanks to da little green monster.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Sorry, it's all split. It burns great too. I looked at some sasafrass online and agree it's not. Still not quite sure if it's ash. I've cut a lot of ash in this woods and this tree didn't look like the others. In the end it's firewood and that's all that matters. Thanks!
jatoxico
Minister of Fire
I hear what your saying. All that matters now is having something to burn this late, especially this winter.
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