Identify this wood

[NateH]

Got some of this on the side of the road a bit ago. At first I thought maple but that bark looks odd to me.

 

[Diabel]

Beech.
Excellent find

 

[Alpine1]

Definitely beech. Lucky man! Grab all you can.

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

Beech. Probably my favorite wood to burn. It will work out a splitter though. Green beech can be very difficult to split.

 

[NateH]

It split up pretty nice for me so far. I’m going to try to get more this week, it sat for quite a while before I grabbed what I got.

I should have known it was beech. Although this is the first time I ever got any beech. I’m running out of room in my yard.

 

[Diabel]

In two years you will enjoy the heat.

 

[KindredSpiritzz]

Beech is awesome to burn.

 

[Woody5506]

I would've guessed beech as well, but sometimes yes it does look maple-ish. I've never cut and split my own beech, only ever gotten it mixed in with some purchased wood, so I'm not all too familiar with it. But the bark was identical to that.

 

[Alpine1]

Where I live, beech is considered the best firewood available. In the flats of the river Po valley, where beech is absent, black locust and red oak are the preferred firewood. Common Hornbeam is highly regarded as stove fuel too.

Edit: be advised that beech (and birch) share the same shortcoming: cut, split and stack as soon as possible, both have an unpleasant tendency to rot lightining fast if left in the woods or on the ground.