What is it ? Tree ID

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Dmitry

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Oct 4, 2014
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The tree has distinctive smell, very "fibery" inside. Bark flakes getting bigger near the top .
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Ditto. Got a 30" diameter one out my front window.
 
If it is white oak it should smell like vanilla when you split it.
 
White oak without a doubt. Scrounged quite a bit of it at the sawmill this year. Save those little shredded pieces for kindling and fire starters.
 
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Ha... Just walked in from splitting about a cord of it... Cool thing about delmarva, we are loaded with it, it loves are wet sandy woods.
 
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I was going to say American Elm, but the last photo proved me wrong. White Oak for sure.
 
Yep. White Oak and really tight grain. Gonna need some drying time but great firewood.
 
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Give it three years and it'll burn great
 
I disagree...........its caucasian oak.............:rolleyes:
 
Give it three years and it'll burn great
Yeah , now it make sense. I had same kind of tree that was cut in rounds 6 to 8" with no bark sitting outside for a year , I split it and had it outside for another year and it's still very heavy and moist. I dealt with red oak before, I assumed white oak is the same , just white , not reddish. Now I know
 
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I am thinking cottonwood..........just kidding, I saw white oak right away.
 
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