Kinda Tricky Wood ID

[Toasty-Yote]

I found a few long pieces laying on the curb in Syracuse and carted them home in my car. I was surprised at how heavy they were when I picked them up. Almost locust weight. The wide growth rings are also kinda suggestive of locust but the branches were much straighter than the suburban honey locust I see around here and the little remaining bark doesn't look like locust either. Before I cut them, I thought they were maple but when I split a piece it was stringy and didn't smell like maple. I almost want to say it smelled like the dead elm I cut as a kid but that was almost 40 years ago so my memory could be off.

 

[ScottLewis]

Locust. It was probably dead standing, like the locust around here.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Under the bark you halve elm bark beetle tracks.

 

[CincyBurner]

Under the bark you halve elm bark beetle tracks.

Yes, Am. elm.

 

[ScottLewis]

I just inspected my locust pile. There are no marks like that on the locust. Y'all may be right, we don't have any elm around here for me to compare it to.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

I'm thinking elm or locust.