I'm still learning my woods and am having a hard time with this one. Been told ash, elm, hickory and gum. You experts help me out.tia
Will somebody please ID this wood
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Simonkenton
Minister of Fire
it looks like either locust,or elm.i would tend to think an elm,as it is too white for locust .locust when first cut,and split is a greenish hue to it.i have never seen a hickory with that kind of bark.
Woodman37
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mol1jb
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From the pattern on the bark and the coloration of the wood, I'm almost certain its ash. As for the stringiness, it all depends on how the tree grows. Hope this helps
mol1jb
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smokedragon
Minister of Fire
I been splitting wood my whole life. We don't have ash or elm around where I live.
What I can tell you is this: It isn't gum (bark is wrong, grain is wrong, everything is wrong) Be lucky of that. I burn some gum, and it has the tendency to pop/spark a lot.
It isn't hickory either. The bark is close to right, but the grain/color of the wood is wrong.
I hate splitting stuff that is stringy like that, but I LOVE burning it. That stuff catches real good.
realstihl
Minister of Fire
mstoelton
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Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
I'm on the Hickory wagon. Bark looks a little different than the Pignut and Shagbark here, but it does have some similar characteristics to Pignut bark, e.g. the chopped-off ends of the scales. Does it weigh about a ton? 
I'm on the Hickory wagon. Bark looks a little different than the Pignut and Shagbark here, but it does have some similar characteristics to Pignut bark, e.g. the chopped-off ends of the scales. Does it weigh about a ton?
Yea it's fairly weighty
blazincajun
Burning Hunk
Mockernut hickory or pignut hickory. Bark is usually hard and tight. Very common here in the southeast.
What does it smell like? It does resemble Hickory to me, but I'm not sure....Hickory usually smells like manure, at least what I get up this way.
Either way, it's damn fine looking wood....
Either way, it's damn fine looking wood....
I cut some of this a few years ago. It's very wet but dries out to be very light. It's all twisted up inside and splits poorly. Very twisted grain. The bark will look different at different part of the tree. Oak in places, hickory in others. But you will find that it dries quick and is very light and fast burning.
It's American Elm.
It's American Elm.
I didn't notice a manure smell but I've been stopped up for awhile now due to this crazy weather here. It was 70 the other day and 28 the next!
I found this pic of an elm. Looks like my wood. Thanks for all the help men. I've gotta go split the rest of this stringy stuff plus a maple and a beech! I've learned real quick I better gather some fast drying wood while my oak sets and gets happy 
bigbarf48
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firefighterjake
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