Wood ID: Guy said it was elm... but what kind?

[nathan125]

Bought a truck load of this wood for twenty bucks, freshly fallen, green.
Guy said it was elm, I have other elm and the color it different. Almost dark in center like walnut and this stuff split with a maul like a dream. My other elm was a pain.

What kind of elm is this and is it worth the price?

 

[mstoelton]

Really looks more like black walnut.

 

[RockyFordOak78]

X2 - Black walnut

 

[Applesister]

Slippery Elm

 

[nrford]

Siberian Elm. Much too light for walnut.

 

[lindnova]

The split sure looks like walnut. Walnut would split easy. If it is elm it is Siberian.

 

[Woody Stover]

Slippery Elm

Bark doesn't look right...

 

[BEConklin]

Easy test...try to pick up a split....if it keeps sliding out of your hand it's slippery elm

 

[Jags]

The bark is not consistent with any black walnut I have seen. Another vote for siberian elm.

 

[Applesister]

Yes the bark isnt right for slippery, probably siberian elm.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

The bark is not consistent with any black walnut I have seen. Another vote for siberian elm.

I agree with this statement....for what that's worth ha ha

 

[RockyFordOak78]

I could definitely be wrong.. as I usually am.. The bark is fuzzy and hard to see in the pics..

 

[fbelec]

looks like the 2 cord of walnut i used this year that i got from a guy up the street and it had walnuts on it when it came down.

 

[Jags]

looks like the 2 cord of walnut i used this year that i got from a guy up the street and it had walnuts on it when it came down.

The interior I could agree with. Its that bark that tells me "no" to walnut.

 

[HDRock]

A lot of dark heart wood in it says Siberian Elm. definitely not Walnut

 

[jeff_t]

That dark heartwood is super duper wet, and will lighten up to darn near white when it dries out some. Siberian elm, for sure.