Wood id. Siberian elm.

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Jeff2009

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Dec 11, 2014
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michigan
Title says it all. Was thinking elm of some sort but it seems to split to easy. IMG_20150730_165600917.jpg IMG_20150724_174548551.jpg IMG_20150724_174534230.jpg IMG_20150724_174516475.jpg IMG_20150724_174501057.jpg
 
To my poor eyes I am seeing Red Oak
Wish it were mine !
 
It is an Elm of some kind. I am not sure how to tell Red Elm from American Elm without seeing it in person. This is one of the two.
 
+1 for Siberian elm
From first pic - wet wood/ slime flux at crotch and discoloration/ lightening characteristic of Sib. elm.
Also, color of wood & bark on fresh cut cross-sections; dark regular bark pattern; and leaves symptomatic (skeletonization from larvae and holes from adult) for and show signs (fras) of feeding from elm-leaf beetle, which is common on Sib. elm.
Burns like elm.
 
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That is siberian elm. Pretty common in town around here. It grows fast and is somewhat resistant to dutch elm disease, and there were lots planted as shade trees. Extremely heavy and wet when cut, almost dripping. It dries fairly fast, and turns almost white in the sun.

It leaves an obscene amount of ash. That's not a totally bad thing in the shoulder seasons, as it will insulate coals for a really long time. I didn't like dealing with it, so I burned pretty much everything else I had, and left about three cords of it when I sold the house.
 
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