Anyone have any idea what this is?

[FireUpTheChainsaw]

I got a lot of this from my neighbor, but not sure what it is and neither does he.

 

[Dieselhead]

Looks like pine or spruce to me

 

[all night moe]

I'm guessing something in the spruce or larch families.
Second guess would be hemlock?

 

[River]

Silver maple.

 

[30WCF]

That split face screams maple to me.

 

[Kevin Weis]

I'm on the Silver Maple boat.

 

[Newbie78]

Tamarack...? Was it taken from a wet area?

Not sure what tamarack is called in the east. Tamarack is a lowland species while larch is a mountain species here. Similar.

One way to rule out a softwood; needles or leaves? Gotta be a leaf or a needle around somewhere.

 

[30WCF]

A fresh cut or split should rule out or confirm any of the pine/spruce varieties based off smell. Maybe some of the spruces are mild smelling if it’s cured at all.

 

[FireUpTheChainsaw]

Seems to be silver maple based on the comments. It’s not pine or spruce because the smell wasn’t piney. Also there was no sap. Thanks everyone!

 

[30WCF]

The bark should also say if it’s a hard or soft wood. I can’t see it clearly enough on my phone, but it doesn't really look like pine, spruce, or fir.

 

[all night moe]

Tamarack...? Was it taken from a wet area?

Not sure what tamarack is called in the east. Tamarack is a lowland species while larch is a mountain species here. Similar.

One way to rule out a softwood; needles or leaves? Gotta be a leaf or a needle around somewhere.

Tamarack is actually in the larch family.

 

[Newbie78]

I know that. Perhaps I used the term "species" in error.

 

[panderson03]

is it light or heavy to lift?

 

[zmender]

I'm gonna guess it's fairly light to lift. Looks like silver maple. There's a lot of the stuff growing in central CT.

 

[ScottLewis]

The wood looks like ash. I can't ID the bark, too much moss.

 

[kennyp2339]

No larch in CT, I’m in the maple boat too

 

[30WCF]

The wood looks like ash. I can't ID the bark, too much moss.

Maple splits a little cleaner than Ash. That split looks like you could lick it without getting a splinter. Ash splits clean, but not that clean.

 

[patrickk222]

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I got a lot of this from my neighbor, but not sure what it is and neither does he.

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Its defintely red maple

 

[all night moe]

Its defintely red maple

Good call. The bark had me second guessing. I wasn't going with silver though.