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Looks like walnut. I just split a bunch of walnut yesterday and it had that dark heart wood with really lite sap wood like that.
I split a small piece by hand. If the rest of this splits that easy I'll be happy. It's got about an inch of punk around the perimeter but the heartwood is solid.
I will also say that the stuff I split the yesterday smelled very strong of the walnuts that it drops in the fall. So that may also help you decide if it's walnut or not.
Pennsyltucky Chris
Minister of Fire
Looks like oak. Maybe white oak by the bark, unless lichens are masking things. Oak, any type I've seen is easy, Smells like horse-barn. Give us all the available cues, mate. 
Smell, density, branching pattern, splitting difficulty, growing site, ease of cutting w/chainsaw- all that could help us/you.
Smell, density, branching pattern, splitting difficulty, growing site, ease of cutting w/chainsaw- all that could help us/you.
Firefighter938
Feeling the Heat
Wood Duck
Minister of Fire
This wood has medullary rays. Oak has distinct medullary rays, but I think Osage Orange can too. I believe this is Osage Orange, due to the color of the wood and the appearance of the bark.
claydogg84
Minister of Fire
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Swamp or Chesnut oak based on the heart color, distinct rays and flaky type bark characteristic of the whites.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
Hasufel
Feeling the Heat
I've split a lot of red oak and it's always smelled wonderful to me--sweet and fragrant, kind of like fermented fruit. No idea why some people talk trash about it.I agree for red oaks, but most white oaks smell delicious to me.
Big contrast to hickory, which really does smell like a horse barn! I dunno, maybe the soil has something to do with it?I think soil definitely affects it.I've split a lot of red oak and it's always smelled wonderful to me--sweet and fragrant, kind of like fermented fruit. No idea why some people talk trash about it.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
I agree. I've had good red oak too. Most oak smells.good.to me. Only a couple had a weird odor. Prob soil as stinkpickle said.
Red oak smells wonderful around here. The guy who said 'horse barn' might have meant the smell of wood, not manure, lol.
That wood in OP does not look like oak to me. Actually, the bark does not.
That wood in OP does not look like oak to me. Actually, the bark does not.
BobUrban
Minister of Fire
My vote is for cherry but it could be oak - I'm just not seeing that. Definitely not Osage. Not a chance.
It certainly looks like oak in that second pic. I don't often see them with heartwood that dark up here, though...so if it's chestnut or swamp oak, that would explain it. Around here, it looks like walnut with wrong bark...like a white oak and a walnut hooked up.
FaithfulWoodsman
Minister of Fire
I was going for cherry too, till I saw the rays. I've had swamp oak, bur oak and cherry rounds all stacked together and from a distance u can't tell them apart. Both oaks have flakyish bark, dark redish heartwood and orangish sapwood. Both have a citris/woody oak smell which I love.
BobUrban
Minister of Fire
Good info on the swamp and bur oaks. I've not cut any and did not know they had that type of heart wood surrounded by the milky white sap. I find on cherry the sap often goes to junk fast but the heart stays in tact not unlike downed oak. I call it fire starter built right onto each split.
JSeery
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TheBigIron
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