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Apr 30, 2021
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CT
Our neighbors are on a roll with cutting this year. Our next door neighbor, who moved in last year, cut up a bunch of trees. The wood is all stacked, but not split. We took a few logs at his suggestion. Anyone know what kind of wood this is? MC is around 30%

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Is it all from the same tree? The last three look like Red Maple to me, the first if it is a different tree maybe Silver Maple but I'd need to see the bark clearer.
 
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We need bark, end grain and wood in one picture. Last looks like Black locust.
 
Is it all from the same tree? The last three look like Red Maple to me, the first if it is a different tree maybe Silver Maple but I'd need to see the bark clearer.
It’s not from the tree that I posted last time. Completely different neighbor and tree. I’ll take more pics later today.
 
Definitely looks like a maple to me. I don't think they have native Black Locust in CT.
We'll see after the new pics!
 
Here are the new pics.
 

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I think the 2nd photo in the first set is the best. The split and its stringiness say "hickory" to me. Guessing pignut hickory.
 
The one picture that had bark looks like either black birch or cherry, my guess is black birch if that is the same pictures of the middle.
 
don't think they have native Black Locust in CT

As for truly native No.

There's a ton of Black Locust in my area North/ Central CT.

As for why this looks anything like black locust that is beyond me - looks nothing like it IMO.

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I am a locust expert. I was just burning some last night. That is not black locust.

I say, hickory!
 
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We need bark pics too. The best species identification is done by seeing bark, end grain and fresh split pieces together in one picture.
 
my identification of wood from photos is
horrific so my best guess is Fire Wood
 
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You guys are all over the map with this one! Where is something “ford” he knows this stuff.
 
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I'm sticking with black birch, no way is there any locust there. Theres a couple pics with bark, doesnt look like hickory.