days worth of work(also tree ID)

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javier

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Aug 27, 2010
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Southwest Ohio
Cut and split a few trees from next door. Definitely one cherry and ash. Not sure on the other one. Stacked it all this morning and then went out and got another truck load of cherry to continue on the pile. Going to split and stack it in the morning, hopefully before I am under the 3-5 inches they are predicting.

The unknown had a few characteristics. At first glance bark looks and feels like ash. Except its not quite as "tight." It splits very easily like ash. The wood int. is light on the outside with a black center as pics show. Also the tree is VERY wet inside. As soon as it's off the stump, the stump almost turns into a spring. Not sure what the leaves look like as it's out of season.

Thanks everyone!
 

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I am not sure about the tree. The thick, light sapwood and bark remind me of Pignut Hickory. The wood looks too dark for hickory, but Pignut is my best guess.
 
Stacked up the splits and went out and got another load. This time about 95% cherry, and a small amount of the unidentified white/black wood. Split it all today while the snow was falling. In the fall I split a pretty good amount of oak and hickory with the gas splitter. I decided I needed to pull out the splitting axe and do some work recently. SO glad I did. I still see the point for the hydraulics, but it does feel great to split by hand. I can definitely see the appeal of a hard days work with the axe. Here is a pic after it was all split and stacked.
 

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chinkapin_oak said:
Walnut. One of the easiest woods to split.

Looks like the walnut I just bucked, split, stacked last week.
 
Grain and overall growth seems too straight for walnut. My first guess was ash. Diamond shapes formed in the bark and light/dark contrasting pulp that splits great. All points to ash in my area. But there are more than one type of ash, so you may have both there??
 
javier said:
Stacked up the splits and went out and got another load. This time about 95% cherry, and a small amount of the unidentified white/black wood. Split it all today while the snow was falling. In the fall I split a pretty good amount of oak and hickory with the gas splitter. I decided I needed to pull out the splitting axe and do some work recently. SO glad I did. I still see the point for the hydraulics, but it does feel great to split by hand. I can definitely see the appeal of a hard days work with the axe. Here is a pic after it was all split and stacked.

I agree that just because you have the hydraulics does not mean you can't go out and swing the axe or maul. Just wish I could still do it....
 
mywaynow said:
Grain and overall growth seems too straight for walnut. My first guess was ash. Diamond shapes formed in the bark and light/dark contrasting pulp that splits great. All points to ash in my area. But there are more than one type of ash, so you may have both there??

I've never seen ash with a dark center like in the photo. I've only split white ash though. Cheers!
 
It looks like walnut to me
 
Wood Fox said:
It looks like walnut to me
+1 my best guess though. trying to find some....
 
Wood Fox said:
It looks like walnut to me
+1 also the bark of black walnut is similar to the white ash in our area hence your original thought that it was ash. I have never seen ash with a dark center like that either.
 
It looks like some I split last year, and I didn't know then what it was, lol.
 
Anybody else think it may be yellow poplar?

Heartwood is greenish all the way to purplish in color. The ops wood looks like a nice, rich purple color.

Bark looks just like that of ash. The heartwood to sapwood looks about right for poplar as well.

Am I the only one that's voting poplar on this one?
 
I wasn't thinking walnut because not alot of heartwood. Never thought of popular, but don't recall seeing any pop style leaves laying around. The tree shape/size looked just like the white ash next to it.
 
Also I suppose it should be said the bark is very soft like ash. I pulled it out into the open with a chain and the bark powders up when damaged just like ash. Kind of hope its not poplar as there are quite a few of them that are nice and easy to access.
 
It MAY be Poplar, but that bark just doesn't look right for it. Too bad you can't find the leaf or seeds.
One thing for sure, you'll know if it's Poplar when it dries out. It'll be light as a feather compared to Ash.
 
Definitely definitely walnut.
 
I don't think it is poplar, due to the color of the heart. Poplar is more green tinted. Did it smell really sweet when being cut? That would indicate Poplar. Walnut, I feel would not be a straight trunk, and would be slightly more yellow in the outer pulp. It does tend to have a more wandering grain pattern too. I still say Ash.
 
Bark is dead on for walnut
Heartwood is dead on for walnut
If it walks like a duck and barks like a duck
It must be a walnut
 
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