Help with wood ID

[Sodbuster]

My neighbor dropped off a load of wood for me that the local power company took down. It had some pine in it, which is OK, I'll use it for shoulder season next year. The other I'm not sure about, end grain makes it look like a hard wood, but I'd like a better handle on what it is, so I can adjust where to put it in my stacks for seasoning. Thanks!

 

[Woody Stover]

Hmmm, not sure because I don't process much of it, but it could be Pine. I'd put it in a stack with some of the lower output stuff that you have. Is it pretty light in weight, considering that it is fresh, wet wood?
Can you crack one open so we can see the split-wood face?

 

[MongoMongoson]

Looks like silver maple to me. I think I see opposite branching twigs on one log.

 

[Stinkpickle]

I don’t mess with pine, but those growth rings are tight.

 

[Sodbuster]

Split a piece today, and it smells like Oak, so I think I have my answer, unless something can mimic Oak.

Hmmm, not sure because I don't process much of it, but it could be Pine. I'd put it in a stack with some of the lower output stuff that you have. Is it pretty light in weight, considering that it is fresh, wet wood?
Can you crack one open so we can see the split-wood face?

Looks and smells like Oak when I split it.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Split a piece today, and it smells like Oak, so I think I have my answer, unless something can mimic Oak.

Looks and smells like Oak when I split it.

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Pin oak, maybe?

 

[CincyBurner]

looks like oak from red oak group, perhaps shingle oak, northern pin oak ?

 

[Woody Stover]

Split a piece today, and it smells like Oak, so I think I have my answer, unless something can mimic Oak.

Looks and smells like Oak when I split it.

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Silly me. Looking at the first endgrain pic, I can now see the medullary rays. OK, then, instead of the low-output stack, put it in the "dry for three years" stack. 😏
But I've never seen bark like that on any Oak here. But most Oak I get has the bark and sapwood falling off. Haven't got Pin in our woods, but have seen it nearby...including a 72" stump.

 

[gzecc]

Split definitely looks like oak.

 

[TomMcDonald]

That leaf will give you a clue as to its variety.

 

[Woody Stover]

That leaf will give you a clue as to its variety.

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Or this Maple leaf will. 😉 Actually, the one next to it, and the one you zoomed in on, both look like Pin Oak, with the deep sinuses between the lobes.
Doesn't appear to be Shingle Oak bark..I've seen them here and in fact there's one 20' in back of the house. I see no Shingle Oak leaves either..they are totally different than others in the Red Oak group.