WOOD ID

[dannynelson77]

I have seen millions of board feet of ash from tenn to northern michigan, illinois to new hampshire. You have some very valuable ash if it is 100% white. shame you are cutting it for firewood. The only thing i can figure is you are perhaps not letting it get log size. when ash is small it has little if any heartwood. But timber size ash is usually 50% heartwood (BROWN). Nuff Said.

Buddy....I dont care how many millions of feet of ash board you have seen. I have cut tons of Ash on my property and some have been VERY big. Biggest was about 4 feet in diameter at the base. Very old tree that fell from a storm. NONE of it has been BROWN. Yea its not all "white"....some of the heartwood is slightly darker, but never brown. Anyway that is what MY ash trees wood looks like. Nuff said.

 

[loon]

i say elm ;-) :cheese:

do wish there was more ash here though

loon

 

[Woody Stover]

Well from what I have read, the bark, leaves, and wood typically look the same. Just with the leaves they are not as "whitish" on the bottom. I dont know first hand though as all I have cut is white ash. Or at least I think so.

Judging from the way mine burns, I'd guess that it has to be White Ash...

 

[oldspark]

Well from what I have read, the bark, leaves, and wood typically look the same. Just with the leaves they are not as "whitish" on the bottom. I dont know first hand though as all I have cut is white ash. Or at least I think so.

Judging from the way mine burns, I'd guess that it has to be White Ash...

It's not that hard to tell them apart after you have cut both types, bark is different, wood is not the same color and it is heavier.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

nrford and Danny, please keep this civil. We do not need bickering on this forum. You are both right so please consider it settled.

 

[dannynelson77]

Well from what I have read, the bark, leaves, and wood typically look the same. Just with the leaves they are not as "whitish" on the bottom. I dont know first hand though as all I have cut is white ash. Or at least I think so.

Here is the white ash and the green ash, I am sure you can tell me which is which.

It looks like the Green Ash bark is kind of plated? I have never seen Ash bark like that so I would assume what I have been cutting is indeed White Ash. Thanks for th epic of Green Ash! I dont recall ever seeing one on here before......