Species ID

[pma1123]

I cut this up over the weekend; looking for some help with ID. No pictures yet of fresh splits...its very dense/heavy though.

 

[TreePointer]

Elm.

Leaning towards red (slippery) over Siberian. Not white elm (American elm).

 

[Osagebndr]

+1 got the same stuff in the back yard. Near impossible to split and smells really odd

 

[aansorge]

I think red elm as well. The stuff I have split was waaaayyyyy easier than American Elm.

 

[Applesister]

Thats a beautiful looking tree. looks really healthy. I think its Red Elm, Ulmus rubra. If you want a positive ID, gouge the bark or peel it and soak it and see if it gets gelatinous. Or slimey. I found 3-4 of these in my orchard and I couldnt tell if it was Siberian or Red, siberian being extremely invasive. If its not that important, the wood/ heat is about the same. They are full of water but they season well, no long waiting periods. My trees split beautiful the grain was super straight and it just popped apart. The one you have looks like a nice milling tree.

 

[Soundchasm]

I scrounged some Silver Maple and some Elm from the same cut. The Silver was ready to go after six months but the Elm wasn't quite ready. But I distinctly recall the weight of the Elm.

 

[pma1123]

Thanks everyone for the feedback! The few spots where bark came off, this stuff is very slippery. The upper portion of the tree was dead/barkless and the upper limbs are probably ready to go for burning, but this thing has plenty of water once you get down towards the trunk.

Heres a picture from felling, mid-fall...

 

[Woody Stover]

Hmmm, pretty good-sized one...

 

[TreePointer]

Yeah that is big for around here. DED gets them relatively young.

 

[pma1123]

Agreed, all of the 'dead elms' I've cut thus far have been maybe 8-14" diameter at the base and one tree bucked will fill my ford ranger.
This one was 22" at the trunk; 4 ranger loads when bucked. Gave my MS250 a nice workout. I slept pretty well after this too.

 

[Osagebndr]

The one I got was also 22-24". Quit the workout. Pretty knotty too