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  1. bostock Member

    joined: Oct 27, 2010
    116 posts
    Sharpsburg Maryland
    hey folks - I moved to a new farm this past May and there was approx 2 cords cut (but not split) wood out back, appears to have been forgotten. it's older stuff, i'm thinking 4-6 years. The trees on the property here are primarily black walnut and hackberry with an occassional oak or locust, lots of ash. Started splitting today, and wondering waht some of this stuff is. On this one, the bark doesn't look like any of the standing trees i have here though...wood is stringier than the oak i am familiar with, but not bad. I know some of you gurus will know immediately , let me know whatcha think this stuff is....Thanks!

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  2. Boog Powell Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 31, 2012
    561 posts
    NE Ohio
    Could be red oak from the color and the bark.
  3. bostock Member

    joined: Oct 27, 2010
    116 posts
    Sharpsburg Maryland
    yep i thought bark looked like oak too. But there's no flaking/flecks in it like my normal oak, and not quite as dense. but at 4+ years old, it is a lot lighter than normal so i can't "feel" it like i normally would..
  4. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,139 posts
    Michigan
    Could look like pin oak but not with that bark.
  5. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,746 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Red elm, is my guess.
  6. blwncrewchief Member

    joined: Aug 30, 2011
    141 posts
    Northern, IN
    Hard to tell but the grain and color look very, very close to some 3+ year old red elm in my stacks. Bark is close also. Color is very hard to tell by pictures sometimes but if the color in the pictures is very close to true it is pretty much is a dead match for my seasoned red elm.
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