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  1. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    Helped get rid of a couple smaller trees a beaver took down. The beaver is long gone (creek has been dry since last year's drought) so he won't miss them.

    I'm thinking ash....what do you guys think?

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  2. jackatc1 Member

    joined: Aug 15, 2011
    166 posts
    Port Crane ny
    Not ash for sure, ash does'nt grow that fast even standing in water.
    I have no clue of what trees grow Iowa.
  3. blades Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 23, 2008
    866 posts
    WI, Milw
    I have that same stuff here, definitly not ash, it is on the soft wood side of deciduous types
  4. jackatc1 Member

    joined: Aug 15, 2011
    166 posts
    Port Crane ny
    Some sort of Willow maybe?
  5. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    I don't think it's willow from the shape of the tree. It was up on the bank about 30 feet from the small creek.
  6. Thistle Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 16, 2010
    3,903 posts
    Central IA
    Bark looks like American/White/Grey/Piss Elm.They can have pretty wide growth rings especially near wet or swampy ground.
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  7. nrford Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2011
    649 posts
    NW lower Mi.
    +1 Elm
  8. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,028 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    I say yee elm as well
  9. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    Could be elm. The trees were kind of small so I only had to split one piece and it was a little stringy.
  10. Wood Duck Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2009
    3,761 posts
    Central PA
    I think it looks like American Elm. The pics are very good and I can see that the wood in the picture is ring porous - you can see the pores in the end of the split are all together in the thin rings of the wood, not spread all over as would be the case with diffuse porous wood. Both Elm and Ash (my other candidate for this ID) are ring porous so it doesn't actually help, but I find it interesting.
  11. bioman Burning Hunk

    joined: Dec 25, 2010
    195 posts
    mo
    Elm here also !
  12. Paulywalnut Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 29, 2012
    386 posts
    Kennett Square, PA
    Some kind of pithy wood, No, I don't have a lisp.
  13. kestrel Member

    joined: Nov 17, 2009
    80 posts
    Southcentral PA
    Slippery elm.
  14. aansorge Member

    joined: Aug 12, 2011
    215 posts
    Southern Minnesota
    I'm voting green ash...
  15. Applesister Member

    joined: Dec 5, 2012
    232 posts
    Im thinking American Elm, like 99% sure. He said it was stringy when he split it. It could be green and just hard to split or it has the interlocking grain. The photos ARE very clear, its very easy to see exit holes from Elm bark beetles or gypsy moth infestation.
    I would like to know what kind of camera you used to get such great detail in the photos?? Most of the pics here are too unclear to see wood grain or bark details.
    The old farmer guys around here think dead standing elm is the best wood to go looking for to cut down. If its not completely punky. Im not sure about that but Im burning it right now.
  16. schlot Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 21, 2011
    606 posts
    Iowa
    I used the camera on my Galaxy 3...it's better resolution than my standard camera.

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