Wood Identification Help?

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Sep 27, 2012
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I know it's not easy trying to identify the type of wood by picture but I figured I'd see if anyone had any thoughts on this. I recently got a delivery of free wood from an arborist. I was able to identify most of it ... but I'm not sure about this one.

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My guess is tulip poplar......
 
I'm not certain that this is the wood split .. I would have to grab a piece tomorrow to confirm. I know the wood is white and it does have some dark steaks in it. I'm thinking it might be poplar too after looking at other pics, but would definitely prefer it to be hickory. I found the wood easy to split.
 

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image.jpg The bark shouts White Ash with its canoe shapes as they call them. Here's a example of a known White Ash bark.
 
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If its heavy and hard on your saw its hickory , taking another look tho I don't think it is either. Tulip poplar has a green center. Can't tell what the center of that looks like
 
That design pattern on the cutside almost looks like Boxelder but I'm not quite sure....the bark doesn't look like Boxelder.
 
It doesn't really matter, it's getting burned no matter what it is ... just curious. I took another pic while I was splitting it.
 

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That sure looks like some kind of Maple to me-nice looking wood! Great picture on that last post, really helpful to see the grain.
 
View attachment 131542 The bark shouts White Ash with its canoe shapes as they call them. Here's a example of a known White Ash bark.

The bark does because yellow (tulip) poplar and ash look very similar. There are a couple others too. What he has is not ash.
 
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