Hickory?

[Andy S.]

I've had my eye on this 30' "stump" since it snapped in half in a windstorm a couple of years ago. Finally got around to taking it. My first thought (and hope) was Hickory.

 

[claydogg84]

I don't think it's Hickory, but I'm not certain either.

 

[Osagebndr]

Would like to see a few more pics. End pics and splits

 

[drz1050]

That bark doesn't look like pignut or shagbark, but the leaves look like hickory... hmm..

the pignut I've been splitting lately is also pretty stringy, looks like this one split easy for you.

 

[Stinkpickle]

It kinda looks like it. Burn a piece and sniff the smoke. That might help.

 

[Woody Stover]

Doesn't look like a pinnately compound leaf as Hickories have...

 

[Andy S.]

Would like to see a few more pics. End pics and splits

Sorry. No more pics possible until I return to the Lake next weekend.

the pignut I've been splitting lately is also pretty stringy, looks like this one split easy for you.

It did split easily and I've read that Hickory can be tough. It was extremely wet. I got sprayed a time or two when the first shot didn't get it done. The leaves look like Hickory but they are smooth around the edges and I thought Hickory leaves are supposed to be serrated.

 

[Osagebndr]

That's been my experience with the leaves( serrated). Did it have a dark core in the log .

 

[Andy S.]

Did it have a dark core in the log .

Yes, but "darker" is more like it... not BW-type dark.. The split pick shows the contrast. The sapwood is very light and smooth. There were also a few splits where the bark hung over. it was very smooth and slippery to the touch.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

The grain looks too "smooth" to me to be Hickory, but I'm not sure what it is. Hickory usually is more stringy and it is HEAVY.....

 

[Andy S.]

Hickory usually is more stringy and it is HEAVY.....

I can vouch for HEAVY but it appears I have a mystery wood on my hands. I'm bummed that it isn't an immediate Hickory call because I've got a dead one that needs to be taken when I have another set of hands because it could hit the house if I'm not careful.

 

[Wood Duck]

It does not have compound leaves so not a hickory. Your picture actually shows a new twig with about five leaves, not a compound leaf like a hickory should have. I'd say black Gum except it seems to split really nicely, and Black Gum usually doesn't.

 

[blades]

Leaves look like my Horse Chestnut ones

 

[Andy S.]

Thanks all. Looks like I either need Mr Ford to log on or get more pics next weekend. (Until then I've got about a cord of easy to split Hickory. That's my story and I'm sticking to it).

 

[Oldman47]

If that leaf clipping came from the tree it is not hickory. Hickory has a compound leaf with opposite leaflets.

 

[blades]

Beech or Chestnut, both of the same family, leaves are young so hard to tell, bark is hard to tell from also as the type exists in both , light color of split has me leaning more towards the Beech side of the family. I will try to remember to take camra home with me and get a couple pics of my chestnut leaves - bark won't help as they are very young trees although old enough to produce fruits.

 

[nrford]

More pics.

 

[Applesister]

Those leaves are simple and there aint very many trees with simple leaves. The ones I know of dont match that bark.
I hate to ask this but are you positive those leaves came from that wood? Like a vine maybe?
Beech leaves are serrated, hickory is very finely serrated.
The leaves could be B Gum but the bark is way off for that tree and the wood.
I have no clue.

 

[EJP1234]

Thats def not a beech tree. I have ton's of beech on my property, and beech doesn't really have a bark at all, more like a skin if that makes sense.

I'm not sure about the leaves, but that color of wood, the fact that is was uber heavy, and the grain color, looks just like all the free tulip poplar I got this year and have been splitting.

I could be wrong, but I am fairly positive thats what I am looking at.

 

[Andy S.]

More pics.

Will post more this weekend.

I hate to ask this but are you positive those leaves came from that wood?

No worries, sister. The tree was snapped in half a couple of years ago and the leaves are new growth out of what's left. I'll include more leaf pics.

looks just like all the free tulip poplar I got this year and have been splitting.

I hope it isn't Poplar as much as I hope it is Hickory but really don't think so. The leaves are not a match at all and the Poplar I've processed in the past has a greenish hue to the heartwood.

Who knows, maybe I've discovered some sort of hybrid supertree that splits easily, dries like Poplar and burns like Hickory?

 

[Andy S.]

OK. Here are some more pics. The heartwood got darker after a week.

 

[Applesister]

Southeast PA is kind of in the tree belt. Maybe its Pecan?
Although the "leaflets" are serrated as well as everything else.
The wood looks heavy, you are probably gonna shoot me but what about more leaves? Lol..
A photo shoot?
Youre lucky you are at your weekend residence.

 

[Applesister]

Its probably some type of hickory, it doesnt look like tulip wood exactly. Lol...but alot of things arent exact.

 

[Andy S.]

I had a couple of pics bounce due to file size. A split from a new round measured 33.5% if that matters. Here is another leaf pic. Some have withered... all of the new growth is small.

 

[Osagebndr]

I really hate to put a bad guess , but how bout pear ? I've been looking like crazy and so far that's what I've come up with