Truckload of Oak

[fao1989]

I just cut some White oak last week and was surprised how some of it was as red inside as red oak. I was going to post pics about it here but did not get any pics.

A few days later and the redness has faded greatly.

I will need to confirm it's white oak by cleaning up the end grain to get a good close up look.

Yes on the initial color of white oak looking red.

I split some genuine red oak with a buddy in WV and brought it home. Stored it side by side with wet white oak I'd bought. The white oak appeared a little pink/reddish when I bought it and dried into white quickly, before it seasoned gray. By contrast, that red oak I got in WV is still red, red, red.

 

[ScottLewis]

I have cut up and split red oak from 3 different trees over the years. It was red when I cut it up and six months later was still deep red.

The guy I got the wood from is a lumberjack in Tennessee. He said the Boss keeps the pine and red oak, but lets him take home white oak to cut into firewood.

 

[stoveliker]

red oak and three (two and 1/3 visible) white oak splits , freshly spit.
The white oak is not completely devoid of reddish-ness, but it's clearly not as red.

Caveat: of course for the particular trees I was working on... Your trees and your location may vary...