Help with ID

[Omaha419]

Another trip to the dump, another unknown wood.

Very light, feels like I'm lifting poplar. Splits like butter.



Thanks.

 

[bunfoolio]

My guess looks like red oak. Splits easy but it's not lite. Someone else can give you better advice. Good luck!

 

[Omaha419]

Way too light to be red oak.

 

[Montanalocal]

The bark kind of looks like pine to me.

 

[Omaha419]

The bark kind of looks like pine to me.

Definitely not pine. None of the sap, or the smell.

 

[claydogg84]

Is it possible it's Mulberry? It shouldn't be super light though.

 

[CincyBurner]

How about catalpa ? http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=25
It's a light density wood, with a heartwood that has uniform, solid light brown color.
If catalpa, then fresh-split or cut it has a distinctive smell too.
The spp. is monoecious - large showy flowers. This time of year on the ground look for its fruit - 8"-10" capsules that appear bean or cigar like. Leaves are distinctive large and heart-shaped.

 

[Omaha419]

Is it possible it's Mulberry? It shouldn't be super light though.

I've split a bunch of Mulberry lately, and that stuff is HEAVY. The heartwood of this is more of a brown also, where fresh split mulberry is yellow.

 

[claydogg84]

How about catalpa ? http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=25
It's a light density wood, with a heartwood that has uniform, solid light brown color.
If catalpa, then fresh-split or cut it has a distinctive smell too.
The spp. is monoecious - large showy flowers. This time of year on the ground look for its fruit - 8"-10" capsules that appear bean or cigar like. Leaves are distinctive large and heart-shaped.

You may be on to something with that.

 

[Omaha419]

How about catalpa ? http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=25
It's a light density wood, with a heartwood that has uniform, solid light brown color.
If catalpa, then fresh-split or cut it has a distinctive smell too.
The spp. is monoecious - large showy flowers. This time of year on the ground look for its fruit - 8"-10" capsules that appear bean or cigar like. Leaves are distinctive large and heart-shaped.

This might be it. Google images looks pretty similar. This also has a smell to it that's hard to describe.

 

[TedyOH]

Tulip poplar / yellow poplar is very heavy when green, light as a feather when dry.

 

[Wood Duck]

I couldn't figure it out until I read the Catalpa comment. Another similar wood is Paulownia, which is similar to Catalpa. I have some wood I think is Paulownia in my stacks. It is very light but doesn't rot, so I use it as the bottom layer of my stacks. When the stack is burned, the Paulownia (or Catalpa, I am not sure) goes under a new stack to keep the good wood off the ground.

 

[BenTN]

Butternut?