OK GUYS, WHATS THIS?

[truck243]

WHAT IS THIS KNARLY BARKED WOOD?

 

[barnuba]

Looks like Locust to me!

 

[bluedogz]

+1... got dozens of 'em around here.

 

[stephiedoll]

On my laptop but looks like Black locust. Hard to say though.

 

[LLigetfa]

We don't have Locust in these parts but we have Bam, a form of Poplar with knobby bark like that. It's usually sopping wet with core rot and light as Balsa wood when dry.

 

[Wood Duck]

I agree it looks like Black Locust. A new split should look greenish-yellow if it is locust.

 

[jamie1340]

Kinda punky? Looks like cottonwood. Fuzzey seeds that fly around in summer.
First post.I love this site. Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

 

[steeltowninwv]

for sure locust

 

[ansehnlich1]

that doesn't look like pennsylvania black locust to me.

it might be locust, but it ain't black locust.

 

[JustWood]

Kinda punky? Looks like cottonwood. Fuzzey seeds that fly around in summer.
First post.I love this site. Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

+1

 

[fossil]

...Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

Oh, jamie, don't ever let that stop you...people put up posts here all the time that don't really help anybody with anything. ;-P Welcome! Rick

 

[Loco Gringo]

Yellowish wood with grain like a power pole, very coarse bark that makes good kindling. Locust hands down.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Kinda punky? Looks like cottonwood. Fuzzey seeds that fly around in summer.
First post.I love this site. Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

+1

Populous deltoides... cottonwood.


Matt

 

[EatenByLimestone]

...Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

Oh, jamie, don't ever let that stop you...people put up posts here all the time that don't really help anybody with anything. ;-P Welcome! Rick

+1.


Look at our post counts. Most of it can be attributed to saying, "Burn dry wood."


Matt

 

[fossil]

...Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

Oh, jamie, don't ever let that stop you...people put up posts here all the time that don't really help anybody with anything. ;-P Welcome! Rick

+1.


Look at our post counts. Most of it can be attributed to saying, "Burn dry wood."


Matt

Either that, or +1. :lol:

 

[bogydave]

Not Birch or spruce
Must be locust.
If it's dry,k try to drive a nail in it, if you can't; locust.

 

[Dix]

That's locust, and it's a damned good friend

 

[LLigetfa]

...try to drive a nail in it, if you can't; locust.

Try to drive your fingernail into it, if you can; Popple.

 

[Wood Duck]

...try to drive a nail in it, if you can't; locust.

Try to drive your fingernail into it, if you can; Popple.

Split that thing and show us pictures. Our identification of either locust or poplar doesn't help narrow the range of density much - we've decided it is either the hardest wood or the softest.

 

[Fod01]

...Did not want to post until I could be helpful.

Oh, jamie, don't ever let that stop you...people put up posts here all the time that don't really help anybody with anything. ;-P Welcome! Rick

+1.


Look at our post counts. Most of it can be attributed to saying, "Burn dry wood."


Matt

Either that, or +1. :lol:

+1 <-- couldn't resist

 

[wishlist]

I agree, split that thing. That's sure looks like cottonwood that we have in these parts. If I'm wrong , I better get to the property I'm clearing. There's 3 huge trees with bark like that!

 

[TreePointer]

I'll say cottonwood.

 

[woodmiser]

Could be American Chestnut, butternut or walnut

This is American Chestnut..

This is his pic.. looks like a dead ringer.

 

[Hass]

lol I love the way we ID things here on hearth. Basically the only thing we've all agreed on is that it's a type of wood.

 

[LLigetfa]

looks like a dead ringer.

Really? I'm not seeing any similarity but then we have neither Chestnut nor Cottonwood here. We do have lots of Bam tree (Balm of Gilead tree (Populus × jackii, also known as P. × gileadensis)) here that looks just like that.