multiple wood IDs
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Wood Duck
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#1 I think is Catalpa or Princess Tree/Paulownia. I picked up a few loads of the same wood last fall, but never saw the tree so I don't know for sure what it is. It is very lightweight and most of it splits really easily.
#2 is Aspen
#3 appears to be Elm
#4 I guess Pignut Hickory
#5 I don't know. maybe an oak, but the wood doesn't look quite right.
#2 is Aspen
#3 appears to be Elm
#4 I guess Pignut Hickory
#5 I don't know. maybe an oak, but the wood doesn't look quite right.
smokinj
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smokinjay said:
Don't you think # 5 is either Cherry or Black "Cherry" Birch? Blow up the picture and look closely at the scaly bark-looks more like one of those two to me, but I could be wrong.
smokinj
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PA. Woodsman said:
cherry no birch never seen before...but looks like white oak to me but been wrong before.
MdPhilps, did that # 5 have a sweet smelling odor to it? Cherry smells sweet, Black "Cherry" Birch has a wintergreen aroma to it. And howdy, neighbor! We're close....
Man, its so hard to ID from pictures. here are my guesses
1. I agree - looks like princess tree - or maybe even tree of heaven
2. probably some kind of poplar like aspen - kind of does look like beech as well, but don't think it is
3. probably elm - though i'm not super familiar with elm
4. thats the toughest one i think - looks kind of like black locust, but the wood should be yellower/oranger - some of them are though, so i'm leaning towards locust - although it also looks kind of like mulberry
5. looks like black cherry to me - certainly not like any white oak i've ever seen. maybe red oak, but i don't think so - i think cherry. definitely not black birch.
1. I agree - looks like princess tree - or maybe even tree of heaven
2. probably some kind of poplar like aspen - kind of does look like beech as well, but don't think it is
3. probably elm - though i'm not super familiar with elm
4. thats the toughest one i think - looks kind of like black locust, but the wood should be yellower/oranger - some of them are though, so i'm leaning towards locust - although it also looks kind of like mulberry
5. looks like black cherry to me - certainly not like any white oak i've ever seen. maybe red oak, but i don't think so - i think cherry. definitely not black birch.
PA. Woodsman said:
I'll split another piece tomorrow and get back to you.
I forget which one, but one of them had a "cigarette" or "cigar" smell to it.
I'll also try to get a few more pics.
CrawfordCentury
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1. identical to some crappy stff I scrounged years ago. Never did id it positively. Burnt real quick.Thought it might have been some popple variant. Some of the bark looks like tree of heaven. Hate thet stuff. Dern weed tree!
2/ red maple
3/ guessen elm
4. dunno.
5. looks a bit like a locust on my property I'm at war with. It's pretty now that it's in bloom. Not so pretty when I was brush humpen what I thinned out. Any evidence of thorns?
2/ red maple
3/ guessen elm
4. dunno.
5. looks a bit like a locust on my property I'm at war with. It's pretty now that it's in bloom. Not so pretty when I was brush humpen what I thinned out. Any evidence of thorns?
1. Never saw anything like it. Pretty fast grower, though. Look at that ring spacing!
2. Red maple.
3. Elm is my guess.
4. Locust-like, but bark isn't corky enough for the black locust we have around here.
5. Looks just like any black cherry I ever cut. No rays visible on the end grain, so it's definitely not any species of oak.
2. Red maple.
3. Elm is my guess.
4. Locust-like, but bark isn't corky enough for the black locust we have around here.
5. Looks just like any black cherry I ever cut. No rays visible on the end grain, so it's definitely not any species of oak.
PA. Woodsman said:
Split another piece tonight.....had a sweet smell to it, so I guess its cherry.
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