Bark on this is real chunky and pieces are seasoned and real hard to resplit by hand. I have no idea what it is but I am getting 8-10 hour burns with it it my Keystone. Any more ideas?
Wood Duck said:Black Gum is not very closely related to Sweet Gum (not, for example, the way oaks are related - Black Gum and Sweet Gum just happen to have similar names), d I don't see much information about Black Gum. Sweet Gum definitely has a reputation for stringiness, but I am not sure the same is true of Black Gum.
I agree the bark looks similar to Black Gum, but I am not sure that is what you have. Apparently the pics show wood from the base of the tree where the bark is the most rugged on the tree, and several types of tree can have rugged, thick bark like the bark in your pictures.
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