Wood i.d. Please
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firefighterjake
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What's the diameter of those rounds? Looks like it's a very fast growing tree by looking at growth rings.
Rounds are 4 to 8 inches. I know it's not oak, black walnut, cherry, red elm. It's a heavy wood like oak though,
Eureka
Feeling the Heat
It looks like a variety of oak that I have burned a lot of in the past off our property. My dad used to call it scrub oak but I think it was Northern Pin or Jack Oak after I did some research. Similar to red oak but a little less dense. Trees seldom got over 30’ tall and 12” diameter with lots of branches. They were a pain to process for the amount of wood I got so I stopped cutting them but they’re dead all over there. They grow at the edge of the mature oak stand and seem to grow and fill in very fast after oak wilt started taking out the big reds and the canopy opened up. Very wide growth rings just like that and the bark looks just like it too. That’s my guess.
Thanks to everyone. It's a heavy wood like oak and it smells somewhat like red oak. Not elm. It's a hardwood. It splits somewhat stringy. I will
Look up the different types of Oak and maples.
ValleyCottageSplitter
Feeling the Heat
Honey locust? I cut it up and took it all home. About a facecord all total. It won't be wasted.
nrford
Minister of Fire
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After honey locust is cut for a day or so the wood turns a salmon pink color. I don't think its locust.
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My vote is also locust. Not sure about the salmon pink coloration, but I have seen it age to a yellow/brown hue.
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This is honey locust that I CSS in January
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weatherguy
Minister of Fire
ValleyCottageSplitter
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If not honey locust it's more likely black locust. They are loaded by the highways here in NY. In late May or June the white flowers will be all over. I guess they tolerate the poor air/soil quality and are invasive. It has that yellow/gray coloration, large contrasted growth rings, strong odor and stringy. I've seen some others post juvenile BL that has similar bark and doesn't always get deep furrows.
Doesn't pin oak have medullary rays like other red oak species? I don't see any in those pics.
Doesn't pin oak have medullary rays like other red oak species? I don't see any in those pics.
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
Black locust has deep furrowed bark so it's not that, I can spot that a mile away since I'm always on the lookout for it. You may be right about oak so I'd toss out locust and oak in that case.
walhondingnashua
Minister of Fire
Whatever it is, I have a pile of rounds of it too. About 18" dia. It was a log the neighbor gave me with some ash and maple. I'm not bad at tree ID, but without leaves, its more difficult on this one. I can't even get the needle wedge into it. Going to let it sit a few months and rent a splitter to get into some of the larger rounds I have.
