Wood id

[Catfish Hunter]

Any ideas on what this is?

It was standing dead. Very straight grain splits like a dream. I was guessing red elm or dead ash?? I'm really not sure [emoji848]


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[FaithfulWoodsman]

Lighting in the pics is so yellow hard to see any color or contrast, but based on bark I'd say red elm. I just had an ID post for very similar looking wood, standing dead, but no bark. Think mine is elm too. Any odor? And how heavy?

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Red tint to the bark and splits easily leads me to believe it could be Sassafras, in which case it would smell like Root beer or lemony Pine Sol. Take a whiff and report back

 

[Jason763]

Wisconsin, I'd say elm. Like the rest said, smell it...

 

[Beer Belly]

 

[shoot-straight]

Sassafras. I love burning it. Dries quick, easy to split. Lighter woods burn awesome in my cat stove.

Yes to odor to the wood and very yellow-brown color to the wood with distinctive rings.

 

[Catfish Hunter]

So far none of it has any odor.


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[Jags]

Not much sass in these parts. It sure looks like an example of red elm to me.

 

[peakbagger]

Looks like ash to me. Even though ash is typically whiter I have seen it as brown or browner that that. I trimmed my house out with a lot of ash and always would set aside the dark stuff to save for contrast wood.

 

[Catfish Hunter]

Looks like ash to me. Even though ash is typically whiter I have seen it as brown or browner that that. I trimmed my house out with a lot of ash and always would set aside the dark stuff to save for contrast wood.

All of this stuff was ash - I found a wetter piece and got a sniff - it's now quite dry and burning hot!!

 

[Woody5506]

I would've thought ash except after seeing the bark, that kinda threw me off.

 

[nrford]

Black Ash

 

[sigruts192]

I burn a lot of sassafras and that looks just like it.