Wood ID?

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BamaScroungr

Burning Hunk
Feb 21, 2015
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Huntsville Alabama
Nice scrounge today, 2 species. I'm pretty sure this first one is some kind of hickory.

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Not sure about this next one. Very straight grained and easy to split. Reminds me of red oak, but the grain is wrong, rings too wide, etc. Fresh splits smell funky too.

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Three Stooges fan, I assume?

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#1 agree hickory
#2 pretty sure that's red oak. Bark looks right (texture and profile) and I can see rays galore. Contrast between the sap and heartwood is different, but trees can be some real characters.
 
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#1 agree hickory
#2 pretty sure that's red oak. Bark looks right (texture and profile) and I can see rays galore. Contrast between the sap and heartwood is different, but trees can be some real characters.
I concur
 
Hawthorns in my area are mostly a lower shrubbery tree, nowhere near your size. Plus the bark and rays scream oak. Every tree has rays, but only oak are they very visible in, with beech and hedge being two weak exceptions. hawthorns in my area also have flaky bark.
 
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