Any idea on ID of this wood ?

[kwikrp]

Got a deliver of wood yesterday had this in it, not much. Seems dense. I asked guy what kind it was he paused for a while then after scratching his butt said he thought "Maybe Locust ?" I am in New England, SE Mass.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

That is NOT locust. Could be beech or blue beech (bark looks like it- not sure about wood color).
Maybe red maple too.

 

[struggle]

Young Hackberry? Was it tough to split? Or did it kind of snap once it let go when split.

 

[billb3]

The inside pic looks a bit like the beechnut we have here, but the bark is smooth not pebbly like that.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Struggle- I'd think that at the size it seems to be (splitting size) it would have hackberry warts already. I thought the same for a few. Hackberry that size is pretty uncommon in MA I think.

 

[tw40x81]

Looks like a young white ash tree.

 

[RAY_PA]

Looks like a young white ash tree.

what I was thinkin' too.......

 

[Jags]

What does it taste like??

 

[Rockey]

What does it taste like??

chicken

 

[drewboy]

What does it taste like??

chicken

Oh...The mysterious "ChickenWood" has finally reared it's feathery head!! ;-)

 

[EatenByLimestone]

It looks like fire wood to me.

Matt

 

[bsruther]

Definitely not Hackberry. I highly doubt that it's Ash either. Ash of that size would have the diamond shaped furrows.
The wood kind of looks like Boxelder to me. Prolly isn't though.

 

[struggle]

Struggle- I'd think that at the size it seems to be (splitting size) it would have hackberry warts already. I thought the same for a few. Hackberry that size is pretty uncommon in MA I think.

You guys grow different trees on the east coast. We here in the middle of Gods country keep it a little more simple with less varieties I guess ;-)

 

[bsruther]

Struggle- I'd think that at the size it seems to be (splitting size) it would have hackberry warts already. I thought the same for a few. Hackberry that size is pretty uncommon in MA I think.

Hackberry is the same size everywhere from what I've read. They are medium sized trees. I've never seen one more than 40 ft. tall. You could get a log that size from the trunk of one I think.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Right- but doesn't it have those warts on the bark?

 

[JustWood]

Beech

 

[branchburner]

I'd say beech. The grain looks like ash, but not the bark.

 

[CTBurner]

just cut a cord of that. beech

 

[countrybois]

My vote is Hackberry. Although the picture is kind of fuzzy and I've never cut Beech.....

Maybe it's related......some type of son of a beech