Tree ID Please

[Simonkenton]

NC mountains near Asheville.

 

[Bobbob]

Looks like could be black walnut or something similar

 

[Simonkenton]

That was my first thought. And we have lots of black walnut here on the mountain. But the heart wood is not dark enough. Definitely not black walnut.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

I'm also thinking black walnut.

 

[CincyBurner]

elm

 

[Simonkenton]

Elm, huh? I just looked at a picture of elm leaves and I think you are right. That would be ironic, I just said in another thread 3 days ago, I had never cut an elm. They say to wait until dry to split it.

 

[qwee]

Ya, I knew I recognized the leaf but my mind didn't connect the dots. It is elm. It must be red elm. Red elm is the best of the elms in terms of btu rating and ease of splitting. Somewhere around a 21 btu rating. I get quite a bit of Siberian elm which is just a little below Red elm. Good thing you got a splitter.

 

[Doublebogey]

You will know if it's red elm because the bark will separate in spots while you are splitting it and it wl have a very light colored layer under the bark that is mucousy feeling.

 

[Doublebogey]

Here is a fresh cut price of red elm that I bucked up a while ago. Everything was similar to this on the tree with the dark heartwood going out near the edge of the logs. It split incredibly easy once I figured out to work my way around the outside.

 

[Simonkenton]

That looks just like it doublebogey. This tree looked healthy, but right at ground level it was quite rotten. It blew over in a windstorm 2 days ago.

 

[patrickk222]

looks like elm to me

 

[Simonkenton]

Today my brother tried to split a piece of the elm from the OP, just to see how hard it would be to split when green. He gave it one whack and it split easily. Small piece about 12 inch diameter. Very wet wood.