Help with wood ID

[KG19]

I’m new to using a wood stove and have been collecting wood this spring from our town dump site - most of it is just logs with no leaves, so I’m struggling to identify just from the bark. Anyone able to help? I think the last photo might be elm?

 

[hickoryhoarder]

My hunch on the first photo is chestnut oak, which would be really good if it's true.

Second photo is silver maple?

No guess yet on the third.

 

[CincyBurner]

#1 - Siberian elm
#2 - silver maple
#3 - American elm

 

[Simonkenton]

First looks like oak. Number 3 I don't know but it is not ash.

 

[Corey]

My first thought on #1 was cottonwood, #2 and #3 (in the grass) looks like silver maple.

 

[bigealta]

Well , if you are grabbing everything then generally the heavier the better. And bring your maul and make sure it splits easily. Dry weight of seasoned wood pretty much tells you how many btu's are in it. The heavier the dry splits are the better.

 

[KG19]

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking at first that picture 1 was some kind of oak, but it seemed too light, quite a bit lighter than ash that’s about the same size (about 3/4 of my wood is ash, which I think is easy to identify by the bark). I have a black walnut tree in my yard and the bark of #1 looks really similar, but I didn’t think the wood looked like black walnut from pictures I looked up online.

 

[Doublebogey]

If I was forced to bet money I needed I would put 50/50 on cottonwood and poplar for number 1.

I agree with silver maple for 2 and elm for 3.

 

[bigealta]

3 does look like the bark on my "princeton" elm in front of my house.

 

[CincyBurner]

3 does look like the bark on my "princeton" elm in front of my house.

Yep, for smaller chunks it's that particular diameter when it's transitioning from smooth to flakey bark.
Plus dark heartwood. These are things that caught my eye as American elm.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

If the first one is not heavy, cottonwood is a good guess.