Was told this is pine

[Tegbert]

Had a few trees cut down on our property that were close to the house. Was told that this is pine but I didn't check needles and such to see before and I can't find much online to tell me.




Pretty sure this came from the same tree as it was in the same pile but the bark is different and was extremely pitchy like huge hand size globs under the bark



Not sure what this is either


Was told this is hemlock. Came from the trees I had cut up front of the house but the bark looks similar like the back tree and had pitchy chunks too





When first split the inner bark was bright reddish brown color.

Any help would be very appreciated


Lopi Rockport

 

[Dix]

To me, the top picks look like cherry, which is my fave firewood.

Second set looks like maple, but we don't often see hemlock around here.

But, I'm on the east coast, your mileage may vary

Either way, a nice score

 

[Slacker]

3rd and 5th picture look like Cherry to me. 1 and 2 the bark looks like Cherry but the wood looks white like pine. The Cherry I'm burning has a red color to it, just a shade lighter than Red Oak.

 

[Jeffm1]

Pics 3,4,5 look like Douglas fir. DF is sometimes pitchy as you described. It's also very fragrant. Smells like Christmas trees.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

It all looks like pine or fur or at least softwood. Pine and cherry bark can occasionally be a little similar, but there's deff no cherry in there. Cherry is not pitchy at all.

 

[Tar12]

Not cherry...

 

[blacktail]

The last 2 pics look like western hemlock. If you can find any needles or old pics then ID would be easy. Hemlock needles are small (about 1/2 inch), mountain hemlock needles will be in clusters. Pine needles will be longer than hemlock or fir.

 

[firefighterjake]

I'm no expert at western woods so take this with a grain (or spoonful) of salt . . .

First two pics look like some sort of evergreen tree to me . . .

I also see a pic there that looks a lot like poplar . . . (3rd pic)

Second to last pic looks similar to the hemlocks we have here in Maine . . . that scaly looking bark when they're young trees.

 

[Tegbert]

The last 2 pics look like western hemlock. If you can find any needles or old pics then ID would be easy. Hemlock needles are small (about 1/2 inch) and grow in clusters. Pine needles will be longer than hemlock or fir.

Yeah I was told that those last two pictures were hemlock before they were cut. The first ones I was told it was pine from one guy and fir from another. I'll see if there are any needles on the ground around them. I will try to find pictures of them standing too.


Lopi Rockport

 

[Tegbert]

So here are some pictures

First shows the tree closet that was cut second shows the whole bundle but only the two on the left were cut.



Only picture I can find right now and all it shows is the branches of the one out back. Crappy picture. Again I will try to find leftover needles and such to see.


Lopi Rockport

 

[Tegbert]

Oh and here's another.



Lopi Rockport

 

[Bad LP]

Looks like heat to me.

 

[woodsHAM]

Looks very close to white pine here on the east coast. 6th pic looks similar to hemlock bark to me.

 

[Tegbert]

Here is a piece of a branch.




Lopi Rockport

 

[Jeffm1]

I don't have any experience with hemlock but the pics you posted look like they could be Hemlock from pictures I've seen on the Internet of them or fir as well. The two look very similar. Here is some Douglas fir that is in my stacks. It looks very similar to pictures 3,4 and five of your first post.

 

[Tegbert]

That's what's weird is the first five pictures are all from the same tree. Well same two. The stump was two trees and they split or two grew together.


Lopi Rockport

 

[firefighterjake]

Again I'm no expert on western trees ... but the needles look very similar to the tamarack ... aka hackmatack or inaccurately called juniper or larch here in Maine.

 

[Jay106n]

No cherry there. Its an evergreen of some sort. The other bark looks like a maple. If you get it at the right time of year when the maple sap runs, it can be messy.

 

[weatherguy]

That's what's weird is the first five pictures are all from the same tree. Well same two. The stump was two trees and they split or two grew together.


Lopi Rockport

I know the white pine here the bark can be different on the same tree, scaly on the main trunk and smooth on the limbs. Might be typical with other evergreens. Fir is good wood if you can get that, even the species here in the east is a decent btu wood.

 

[iron]

no doug fir for sure. wrong bark. doug fir and hemlock (aka hem fir) have similar looking wood grain, though doug fir is more red from what i've seen.

definitely no pine - too straight of splits. all my pine has been an epic struggle to split with the fiskars. doug fir and hem fire blow apart.

the last pic in the OP almost looks like poplar for how white it is.

 

[sportbikerider78]

To me there is pine and all other woods. So to me..some of that is pine.

You're welcome. Feel free to send flowers.

 

[rwhite]

Whichever tree the pics of the leaves came from is tamarack/larch. The leave grow almost directly off the stem. The leaves will yellow and fall in the winter giving the appearance that it's dead. Look like there's another specie in there which appears to be white or grand fir.
Larch is very good wood. White fir has about 30 minutes between seasoned and rotten. Keep it out of the weather and it will dry just fine and be ready for use by next season. 1 step up from balsa wood but hey, it's free.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

It all looks like pine or fur or at least softwood. Pine and cherry bark can occasionally be a little similar, but there's deff no cherry in there. Cherry is not pitchy at all.

+1

 

[CincyBurner]

Try Cedrus. Based on your last pics with bunched needles and previous pics it looks like a true cedar. As in Cedar-of-Lebanon. Perhaps deodar cedar ?
Cedrus is slow growing tree with very aromatic wood and pitch, and large sperical/ egg-shaped cones . Used for landscaping in the U.S. Great wood for carpentry construction (e..g. Solomon's Temple).

 

[BigFir]

It is either fir or pine. That is all I have to look at where I live. The bark can vary so much between the top and bottom and branches. Young trees also barely resemble older bark. Those growth rings are huge, they were growing very fast, adding more variables to the question.
To rule out Larch, did the needles fall off in the winter?

Edit: just looked at pics again......I don't know.