By Jove, I think he's got it!
That explains the scaly bark. The Swamp leaves are supposed to be slightly different, but I couldn't reach a live leaf. Acorns should be slightly different as well.
Yep. I'm not sure exactly which one but the bark and leaves look like you've got something in that Red Oak group...
Hmmm, not sure what that is. I don't see medullary rays...granted, they are hard to see sometimes. Here's a pic of the "rays' but like I said, they aren't always this easy to see.
They are usually visible in the Oaks, but can be real hard to see in some cases. That pic was a small round that was lying around in the stack for a while, and rays were more visible than you usually see.
Yeah, that heartwood was bugging me. I put Hickory with Maple in my reply at first, but then took it out because I wasn't sure about the bark. The only two Hickories I've seen here are Shagbark and Pignut, their bark is different than what Jay has there.
No question...the rays are visible and the split face sure looks Oak-y.
The inner bark color is really looking like the first pics Jay posted, in the back of the truck.Wow, that is some chunky bark!
I've seen that with White Ash around here. Most are pretty uniform color throughout but once in a while I'll cut one that has darker heartwood. I'd think the soil would be similar on all of them, but maybe the roots were closer to bedrock on the dark ones....this soil is erosive.
You can see the sides of rays in the split pic. I think the ray structure is used to transport water.
