Wood ID... Feel like a noob...

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GG Woody

Feeling the Heat
Sep 17, 2024
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Lavington BC
Blown down, thought this was going to be Doug Fir from a distance, then closer looks definitely like Larch/Tamarack, then I dip the saw into it and it looks like pine.
Internet images think maybe Jack Pine, but that doesn't really give with location.
I should have gotten some needle pics, they were not yellow like a Larch/Tamarack should be, I believe it blew down after Fall.
I feel like a noob on this one.
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Here it is stacked with some Douglas Fir.
[Hearth.com] Wood ID... Feel like a noob...
Looks a bunch like Ponderosa Pine but is definitely not Ponderosa needles...
 
It sure looks like Ponderosa Pine - reddish under-bark, whitish wood, and that weird bluish/gray bark. It must be something that looks like Ponderosa Pine.
 
I have spruce here with such flaky bark.
Very different area and climate tho, so probably not what you have there...
 
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I have spruce here with such flaky bark.
Very different area and climate tho, so probably not what you have there...
I agree it looks a lot like Norway spruce except the growth rings are much tighter on GG’s splits.
 
I wasn't thinking spruce, usually our spruce looks different and shorter, more branches, and way more sap. I ran into zero sap on this one. I will have to look more into spruce. I agree it looks much like Ponderosa but the needles were not.
Thanks for the input!
 
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Maybe I'll assume Engelmann Spruce (white spruce) for now... I'll have to check the needles next time I'm up there. It is a pretty branchy tree.
Which ever way you split it, I finally have some variety in my wood pile!
 
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