Bark ID?

[Wingman]

My neighbor had this tree that fell and he doesn't mind if I take it. However, I looked through my book of trees and I can't find a matching bark. There are no leaves as this was standing dead for probably a few years. The bark on the base peeled right off. I'v compared it to the elms I have and doesn't quite look the same. He had some swamp oaks(according to the leaves using the book) but doesn't seem to match that either.
Any ideas on what I am going to get into?

Thanks
Joe

 

[Pagey]

Perhaps white oak.

 

[firefighterjake]

I've never been really good at IDing trees solely by their bark and in this case I think there are way too many possibilities as to what it could be . . . my suggestion . . . buck it up, split it, stack it and burn it after letting it season . . . and then let us know how good this mystery wood burns.

 

[Wood Duck]

In addition to the bark, if you can post pics of the wood, especially end of a round, that would help. I think this could be Black locust, or many other possibilities. My guess is Black Locust. I have about 10% confidence that I am correct.

 

[the_dude]

Based on that small section of bark, 2 trees came to mind. 1. White oak - which is excellent firewood. 2. Cottonwood - which is not.

A cross section of a round as well as a section of the split would certianly help narrow it down.

 

[oldspark]

Yes now that you say it, cottonwood comes to mind.

 

[FLINT]

man, that could be a million things

some white oaks do have bark kind of like that,

also young locust does

i think cottonwood should have deeper furrows than that

hmmm, walnut? elm? mulberry,

i dont think you can tell from just a little piece like that

 

[smokinj]

Need a pic a little furter back?

 

[Wingman]

It will probably be next week till I can get another pic. Its a flippin jungle on his property and works been running me ragged.

 

[woodsmaster]

I'll guess maple.

 

[Battenkiller]

Tough with only that much to go on. I'm with Wood Duck, looks like the young locust I got stacked in back.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

That bark is similar to white oak but methinks perhaps it is not oak. Looking at the wood will help to identify it. How big is that tree?

 

[Battenkiller]

Here's a closeup of some of that black locust from my stacks. Could be a match, but there are a lot of barks that look similar to this. Curious to see the actual split faces and end grain of the wood in question.

 

[Wingman]

It was say 2 ft in diameter and when I looked at a few months ago(when it was standing) it was say 30-40 tall. Just not as tall as the oaks and the sycamores that surrounded it. I will try to get back there this weekend and try to cut a piece.
Thanks
Joe

 

[the_dude]

I'm leaning heavy towards white oak.

 

[Wingman]

I finally got back in the woods today and started cutting it up. The root ball on this tree was not very deep. The remaining hole was about 12-18" deep. The tree had a vine wrapped around it toe to head. It was about the diameter of a softball in places.
Here are the pics of the wood of the above bark.

It looks very similar to another oak I cut up from my neighbor's yard.

 

[oldspark]

Woodduck might have been right, black locust.

 

[mikepinto65]

Perhaps white oak.

That'd be my guess

 

[fire_man]

Definitely NOT cottonwood. Lucky duck, I got stuck with a huge cottonwood. :ahhh:

 

[gzecc]

Give us a picture of a stack of it split. Locust is obvious when its split and stacked. Your pictures are too close up.

 

[Wingman]

It will be awhile before I get it split and stacked. This is a little bit at project.
Crazy thing about this wood, When I walked into my dark garage, one of the splits that was off the bottom round (just above the root) was GLOWING! I googled glowing wood and found mostly bark that glew(??) from some type of fungi.

 

[billb3]

pics and monitor display variations make IDs tough but that bark doesn't look like white oak to me, at least by color.
The splits rings appear a bit too thick and red, too.

Course the white oaks here have bark that tend more towards white ( maybe beige) than grey.
They are all shorter than the predominant red oaks, too. Go figure. Not 'by the book' at all.

 

[oldspark]

The color of the wood in the pictures he has is exactly the same as the Black Locust I have cut here in Iowa.