Ash or Bitternut Hickory?

[3fordasho]

Ok, I would swear this is ash but several others on another site say it's bitternut hickory... If it's hickory that would mean I have alot of it in my stacks that I thought was green ash!

 

[smokinj]

Ash

 

[Bocefus78]

Ash

x2 growth rings too wide for hickory

 

[mywaynow]

Hickory? Only because this is something I have and have not been able to id. The flat faced bark grows in segments, not like Ash. It splits differently, burns with a nice aroma and is heavier.

 

[firefighterjake]

Ash.

 

[certified106]

I cut a lot of Hickory and can tell you that it doesn't look anything like Hickory

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Is that what you call a knot-hickory?

 

[amateur cutter]

Is that what you call a knot-hickory?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Woody Stover]

The flat faced bark grows in segments, not like Ash.

Doesn't look like Ash bark to me, either...

 

[smokinj]

The flat faced bark grows in segments, not like Ash.

Doesn't look like Ash bark to me, either...

I guess the leaves are really messy with you. ;-)

 

[Woody Stover]

The flat faced bark grows in segments, not like Ash.

Doesn't look like Ash bark to me, either...

I guess the leaves are really messy with you. ;-)

Hard to tell. The leaves are a little dried out and they're trunk leaves, but the leaflets look stalkless. Bitternut is a common Hickory, like Pignut is...

 

[smokinj]

Ok, I would swear this is ash but several others on another site say it's bitternut hickory... If it's hickory that would mean I have alot of it in my stacks that I thought was green ash!

Known pignut hickory.

 

[oldspark]

Green Ash

 

[Woody Stover]

Known pignut hickory.

Haven't seen a Bitternut yet, but Pignut? Oh yeah...
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/001-12.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/002-8.jpg

 

[smokinj]

Known pignut hickory.

Haven't seen a Bitternut yet, but Pignut? Oh yeah...
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/001-12.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/002-8.jpg

The rings are much tighter on yours vs op pic's! :cheese:

 

[Woody Stover]

The rings are much tighter on yours vs op pic's! :cheese:

True, but the ring width is just an indicator of how fast the tree was growing. A woods tree that doesn't get much light is going to have less growth each year. I went out and looked at mine again...there were some pretty wide rings on some branches. Maybe those branches were getting more light. Look at the top (or left) OP pic. The branch with the dark heartwood has pretty tight rings. And I don't know how Bitternut compares with Pignut as to ring width.

Anyhow, I'm waiting for more heavyweight wood ID nerds to check in.... ;-P

 

[CTYank]

Not enough contrast between heart/sap wood to be hickory. IMHO.

 

[smokinj]

The rings are much tighter on yours vs op pic's! :cheese:

True, but the ring width is just an indicator of how fast the tree was growing. A woods tree that doesn't get much light is going to have less growth each year. I went out and looked at mine again...there were some pretty wide rings on some branches. Maybe those branches were getting more light. Look at the top (or left) OP pic. The branch with the dark heartwood has pretty tight rings. And I don't know how Bitternut compares with Pignut as to ring width.

Anyhow, I'm waiting for more heavyweight wood ID nerds to check in.... ;-P

;-)

 

[oldspark]

Green ash up the ash here and I'm all in thats what it is.

 

[DBoon]

This looks like Bitternut Hickory to me - I cut a lot of it on my father-in-law's property. The photo of the smoother bark gave it away for me. The photo with the round split in half had the bitternut dark streaks in it as well. If you could show a close up of the plainsawn grain when it is split, that would probably convince everyone it is Bitternut Hickory and not Ash.

 

[nrford]

ASH no ifs ands or buts!!

 

[Woody Stover]

ASH no ifs ands or buts!!

I've only seen White Ash here, but the OP's pics look like the Green Ash bark pics in the Field Guide, to be sure. BTUs look decent on the Green...

 

[oldspark]

This looks like Bitternut Hickory to me - I cut a lot of it on my father-in-law's property. The photo of the smoother bark gave it away for me. The photo with the round split in half had the bitternut dark streaks in it as well. If you could show a close up of the plainsawn grain when it is split, that would probably convince everyone it is Bitternut Hickory and not Ash.

None of the OP's wood has been split, there are pictures of Hickory mixed in with the ash for reference.