Wood ID please!

[drewsome]

Hey Guys --

My friend cut down a small tree in front of his house and gave me the pieces. I've had the wood for well over a year, and yet it's still "heavy in the hand", and seems to contain a lot of water since sizzles when I throw them into a fire. See attached picture (never mind the green streaking -- it's from the blade on the saw.) Any idea what kind of wood this is??

 

[Wood Duck]

It looks like maple, probably Norway Maple. It would probably season faster split than in the round.

 

[krex1010]

It looks like maple, probably Norway Maple. It would probably season faster split than in the round.

I agree looks like some kind of maple, Norway looks about right

 

[scotvl]

I don't think it's Norway, looks alot like the trees that sprout up in alley and fence lines around here. But I agree you should buck and split it sooner than later.

 

[DiscoInferno]

Holly tree?

 

[krex1010]

Norway maple doesn't get the dark, heavily furrowed bark until they get fairly large. I have a few norways that look very similar to that. Although i will say that with just that one pic and no leaves it's pretty hard to come to a definite conclusion.

 

[gzecc]

Could be a young norway or some kind of weed tree. With this little information I would go with norway.

 

[Jack Straw]

The bark looks a lot like silver maple.

 

[Wood Duck]

I said Norway Maple but at the young age of the wood in the pictures it could be any type of maple. Not sure I can rule out holly or a bunch of other types of trees, but Norway Maple is still my guess.

 

[krex1010]

That tree looks like a younger tree, and going on bark alone , juvenile trees are very difficult to Id. I still will go with a maple because it looks like maple and maple is so common.

 

[smokinj]

Looks like mulberry shin to me....(But thats what I have been cutting) So everything starting to look like mulberry!

 

[drewsome]

I don't think it's Norway, looks alot like the trees that sprout up in alley and fence lines around here. But I agree you should buck and split it sooner than later.

Exactly, it was growing along a fence next to the sidewalk in Brooklyn.