Please help ID this wood.

[JGroot]

A friend of mine got me some cherry wood. Next to it was this log. No leaves, out of it's natural environment. He is a tree guy and has an idea of what he thinks it is, but is the owner and not in the field for years. Can you help me confirm?

Thanks
Jack

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Crack a round open and show us the grain please, that would help.

 

[JGroot]

Crack a round open and show us the grain please, that would help.

I will see if I can get my son, the one with the chain saw, to stop by and give it a fresh cut and a pic soon. Thanks!!

 

[TreePointer]

Picture of butt end before splitting would help, too.

 

[Vikestand]

Also where you're from would help.

 

[TreePointer]

Also where you're from would help.

I think the digits in OP's location are a zip code. Michigan.

 

[JGroot]

I am from West Michigan. Here are some pictures of when I split the wood...plus a couple of pics of what I still need to split, which was from another log from the same tree.

 

[TreePointer]

One of the hickories, but not shagbark or shellbark. Maybe bitternut.

 

[JGroot]

One of the hickories, but not shagbark or shellbark. Maybe butternut.

I spoke with a friend who is a forester. He said it was bitternut hickory.

 

[TreePointer]

I spoke with a friend who is a forester. He said it was bitternut hickory.

Lol, I always write butternut when I mean bitternut. Your initial pictures showed some signs of looking like one of the many EAB ashes that have been cut down, but the ridges of the bark weren't defined enough and uniform for a mature ash. Seeing more bark pictures and certainly the well defined dark heartwood were indicators that no way it could be ash.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Yes, yes Hickory, great stuff great score!