Help ID wood

[old greybeard]

splitting a bunch of this wood, fairly large 20” tree in northern PA, very white with a darker 3-4” center. Straight grain, extremely stringy. Fairly heavy, rough bark. Really stands out in this stack mixed with wild cherry and red oak.
Thanks

 

[MRD1985]

Maple for sure. Any leaf photos?

 

[Whitenuckler]

One piece that is tan grain looks like maple, but another that is white does not..at least to me.
Maybe it's a mix

 

[old greybeard]

Maple for sure. Any leaf photos?

No leaves, fell last summer. Would maple have that rough a bark? I have usually cut 8-12” maple up here and its not that white. But being a big tree it may that I hadn’t seen it yet.

 

[Whitenuckler]

No leaves, fell last summer. Would maple have that rough a bark? I have usually cut 8-12” maple up here and its not that white. But being a big tree it may that I hadn’t seen it yet.

Here's some maple

 

[River]

I vote cottonwood.

 

[MRD1985]

I’ve had some red maple look very similar (bark wise). Though the wood itself in that photo looks silver maple white when green. The bark isn’t quite a match for silver to me though 🤔. The silver maple I’ve dealt with can be stringy when it’s green.

I’m not familiar with cotton wood doesn’t really grow around here

 

[Whitenuckler]

I vote cottonwood.

I don't know cottonwood but some looked like sugar maple, and the really white stuff like poplar

 

[ScottLewis]

Ash.

 

[MRD1985]

I’ve never seen ash that looks like that 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Osage]

I agree with River. Cottonwood.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Cottonwood my first thought.

 

[old greybeard]

Definitely not ash, been harvesting dead ash for years. Cottonwood is interesting, but this was on a mountain top at 2200ft, not a stream bank.

 

[Murray01]

Found on Google. Moisture content of live tree species. If it is Cottonwood then the moisture content will be high. I have never seen Cottonwood on a mountain top, only in wet/swampy areas.

 

[River]

If it is Cottonwood then the moisture content will be high.

No leaves, fell last summer.

So, probably not very high in moisture now.

I have never seen Cottonwood on a mountain top, only in wet/swampy areas.

There are no mountains, here, but I have some swampy areas and a stream through my property. For what it is worth, none of the cottonwoods I own grow near the wet areas.