Will somebody please ID this wood

[Rebelduckman]

I'm still learning my woods and am having a hard time with this one. Been told ash, elm, hickory and gum. You experts help me out.tia

 

[Simonkenton]

Hickory

 

[1ruralmailman]

it looks like either locust,or elm.i would tend to think an elm,as it is too white for locust .locust when first cut,and split is a greenish hue to it.i have never seen a hickory with that kind of bark.

 

[Woodman37]

From looking at those stringy splits my guess is elm.

 

[mol1jb]

From the pattern on the bark and the coloration of the wood, I'm almost certain its ash. As for the stringiness, it all depends on how the tree grows. Hope this helps

 

[mol1jb]

One question. What did you split it with?

 

[webby3650]

American elm.

 

[Rebelduckman]

One question. What did you split it with?

Hydraulic splitter mostly

 

[smokedragon]

I'm still learning my woods and am having a hard time with this one. Been told ash, elm, hickory and gum. You experts help me out.tia

I been splitting wood my whole life. We don't have ash or elm around where I live.

What I can tell you is this: It isn't gum (bark is wrong, grain is wrong, everything is wrong) Be lucky of that. I burn some gum, and it has the tendency to pop/spark a lot.

It isn't hickory either. The bark is close to right, but the grain/color of the wood is wrong.

I hate splitting stuff that is stringy like that, but I LOVE burning it. That stuff catches real good.

 

[branchburner]

Not hickory... not ash... most likely elm.

 

[realstihl]

Elm.

 

[nohens]

I would say hickory also. Either pig nut or shagbark...but hickoy.

 

[mstoelton]

Elm

 

[Woody Stover]

I'm on the Hickory wagon. Bark looks a little different than the Pignut and Shagbark here, but it does have some similar characteristics to Pignut bark, e.g. the chopped-off ends of the scales. Does it weigh about a ton?

 

[Jags]

Off to the shed we go.

 

[Rebelduckman]

I'm on the Hickory wagon. Bark looks a little different than the Pignut and Shagbark here, but it does have some similar characteristics to Pignut bark, e.g. the chopped-off ends of the scales. Does it weigh about a ton?

Yea it's fairly weighty

 

[Rebelduckman]

Off to the shed we go.

Sorry, I couldn't get clarification there so I thought I'd try here

 

[Jags]

This place is your best bet. This is where all the woodaholics hang out.

 

[blazincajun]

Sorry, I couldn't get clarification there so I thought I'd try here

Mockernut hickory or pignut hickory. Bark is usually hard and tight. Very common here in the southeast.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

What does it smell like? It does resemble Hickory to me, but I'm not sure....Hickory usually smells like manure, at least what I get up this way.

Either way, it's damn fine looking wood....

 

[webby3650]

I cut some of this a few years ago. It's very wet but dries out to be very light. It's all twisted up inside and splits poorly. Very twisted grain. The bark will look different at different part of the tree. Oak in places, hickory in others. But you will find that it dries quick and is very light and fast burning.
It's American Elm.

 

[Rebelduckman]

What does it smell like? It does resemble Hickory to me, but I'm not sure....Hickory usually smells like manure, at least what I get up this way.

Either way, it's damn fine looking wood....

I didn't notice a manure smell but I've been stopped up for awhile now due to this crazy weather here. It was 70 the other day and 28 the next!

 

[Rebelduckman]

I found this pic of an elm. Looks like my wood. Thanks for all the help men. I've gotta go split the rest of this stringy stuff plus a maple and a beech! I've learned real quick I better gather some fast drying wood while my oak sets and gets happy

 

[bigbarf48]

Yep my vote is elm as well

 

[firefighterjake]

Another vote for elm . . . I've burned quite a bit of elm over the years.