Can anyone help ID this? My first thought was hickory, but it is really lite and cuts extremely fast.
Wood ID
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Top pic looks like young black walnut, bottom pic could be tree of heaven. Doesnt look like the same tree as top.
Agreed, i was speaking to the log centered in the pic. It appears there are several species here.
I got that, just sayin' about the top pic stuff. Woulda been nice to have an end-grain pic of the bottom round, or maybe Tocramed can describe it..dark heart like the top pic?
CincyBurner
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Top log looks like walnut (check bark with a pen knife - soft, chocolate-colored bark). Dark heartwood with light/ white sapwood. Smell of walnut is distinctive and pungent.
Ash has opposite branch habit, while walnut is alternate.
Bottom one could be ash. It's tough to see from pic.
Ash has opposite branch habit, while walnut is alternate.
Bottom one could be ash. It's tough to see from pic.
In the top pic, the bottom log is ash. Ash is 90% of the wood I have been cutting in the last 2 years. We don't have much black walnut or ailanthus around us so I am not familiar with those; however, I am starting to lean towards black walnut as there are a few others found in the area this one came from.
Both pics are taken of the same log.
I haven't had a chance to split any yet, but I will post some pics of the splits when I do.
Both pics are taken of the same log.
I haven't had a chance to split any yet, but I will post some pics of the splits when I do.
