Wood ID for Fun and Profit

[ArsenalDon]

This is just for fun folks....This tree is not the most common up here but I thought I would make a fun ID contest for fun....the winner gets a free subscription to the best Heating site on earth...Hearth.com.



Clues:
1. Finish Carpenters should know this wood
2. Expect to find this at over 4000 feet in elevation out west.
3. I included some foliage in photos

Point system:
Correct answer for Hard or Soft Wood = 1pt
Exact Species = 5pts

 

[firefighterjake]

Going with softwood ... looks like a pine of some sort but since we are on opposite coasts I would have no idea of what species.

 

[Beer Belly]

Soft Wood.....Spruce ?

 

[bigbarf48]

Red pine?

 

[geoff1969]

needle white pine ??

 

[blazincajun]

If the cones are 8" my guess is Western white pine, otherwise Jeffery pine.

 

[Pellet_Pete]

Looks like a 5-needle pine, so I'd guess western white pine, especially with the "finish carpenter" clue. Never seen the tree but have been told it's a dead give-away for eastern WP.

 

[Brewmonster]

Sugar pine.

 

[ArsenalDon]

Sugar pine.

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There is a disease called Blister Rust that is hitting the Sugar Pine up here...stinks cause it is such a beautiful tree and makes great trim wood

 

[Wood Duck]

I read a quote somewhere from an old naturalist, perhaps John Muir, who said that if the Giant Sequoias weren't there the Sugar Pines in the Sierra would deserve their own national park. There are some giant Sugar Pines up around Sequoia National Park.

 

[Applesister]

Sugar pine..hmm...bought 3 pine cones from a guy who owned a hardware store up north. they averaged 18-19" long.
They are part of my treasured christmas decorations. He told me he had no knowledge of which pines they came from.
I wonder if they are sugar pine cones.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Sugar pine..hmm...bought 3 pine cones from a guy who owned a hardware store up north. they averaged 18-19" long.
They are part of my treasured christmas decorations. He told me he had no knowledge of which pines they came from.
I wonder if they are sugar pine cones.

I have a few cones also. I was told they were sequoias. About 14 inches.

 

[Brewmonster]

I have a few cones also. I was told they were sequoias. About 14 inches.

Sequoia cones are quite small. Sugar pine cones look like white pine cones but HUGE.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Sequoia cones are quite small. Sugar pine cones look like white pine cones but HUGE.

Ah! Thanks! Learn something everyday.

 

[ArsenalDon]

Amazing to watch posts transform...probably time to close this one out...hope you all that participated enjoyed it...I had fun with it.

 

[BrotherBart]

Winner, winner chicken dinner. Say goodnight Gracie.