Wood ID please

I jump in since nobody else has.

I'll admit that I'm not always the best at identifying by bark/wood. Mostly it's just with trees that I don't deal with often.

I think the bark looks like that of a cottonwood tree. 3' diameter rounds would back that up (cottonwood trees get very large).

But I could be wrong, there may be another species that I'm not familiar with that I've overlooked...

Looks pretty dry whatever it is. Dry is some of the best burning stuff out there.

It looks like a southern pine - Longleaf or Loblolly I guess. I think the trunk of a southern pine can be fairly dense wood, and lots of people can tell you that pine burns great.

is it light or heavy? kinda looks like oak to me, but then again pics never do justice. the bark doesnt look like it much but the grain and color throw me off. looks goo whatever it is nice and dry.

You do indeed have some southern yellow pine(lob) but you also have some oak in that pile and I can't swear to it but I think that first piece is persimmon or cherry bark oak. The bark on it does not look exactly like pine nor does the wood color look like pine. If it is heavy, hard wood its not the pine. Pine is light weight and if you resplit a piece it should have a rusinous type smell. It would not be longleaf pine they grow close to the coast not North Georgia. I saw two or three types of wood in the pile for sure.

I am pretty sure the wood is sourwood. Makes for a quick fire, but does not last too long. Is a good choice for days when it is not too cold, but you need a fire to take the chill out of the air.

Bark on those look like SYP... IMO

Good wood. I used some on my boat for spray rails.

I don't know anything about southern pines, but if those rounds were 3' in diameter, we can be pretty sure that the wood isn't sourwood - although the bark does look similar. I've seen a bunch of sourwood in southern va and anything over a foot in diameter would be pretty big.

My best guess if you are sure that isn't pine would be Black Gum. They get big and can have chunky bark like that.

if the wood is dry, you should know if its cottonwood or pine as it should be light as a feather. Black Gum would be heavier than cottonwood but lighter than oak.

Black gum is also called tupelo

He said he got a 10 hour burn with the wood, cottonwood has about a 10 min burn.

Grain looks like pine. Blue stain is idicative of pine. Bark kinda looks like old growth pine. I'm not well versed on southern tree ID and I'm not gonna eat nuttin but it does kinda look like pine. MayB!

My leaning toward Sourwood is based upon bark- looks a little too thick for pine. Also, sourwood bark when dry tends to flake off in small chunks like the pictures tend to indicate. I agree with Flint that sourwoods with 3' diameters are rare, but I have cut a few that size. One thing that would argue against blackgum is that is is VERY difficult to split.

ahh, good call on black gum being difficult to split.

also, wow, i can't imagine a 3' through sourwood - but since you have more experience with them than me, I'll defer to you on it.