Wood ID Help

[Rickb]

So a couple houses down from my parents house they had a tree cut down. I noticed it yesterday and thought it was Ash. I love ash. Splits easy, drys fast, burns nice. Got there this morning and could not split anything with my fiskers. If I worked the heck out of it I could split off the very edges. It was very very soft and very very wet.

Any one with ideas?

 

[Lakeside]

I am think-in cottonwood.

 

[CincyBurner]

Any leaves (star-shaped), or fruit (gum balls) still on site ? If so, probably sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) - tough splitting.
If so I'd pass on the wood.

 

[Rickb]

I did not see any but I know there are other sweet gums in the area..... Thanks for the responses.


Edit- just looked at pics. Definitely Cottonwood!

 

[Wood Duck]

It looks like Cottonwood to me.

 

[CincyBurner]

It looked like cottonwood to me too. Cottonwood should have split fairly easy.

 

[Rickb]

Just soo wet my fiskers just sunk in.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

If you are not in dire need for wood I would pass on it, maybe take some of it if you feel like busting your butt but otherwise I'd say "no thanks!"

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

I was going to say the same as Cincy. I got a bed load of cottonwood last fall. It is very wet and heavy when green but then dries up almost as light as balsa wood. It splits easily but not straight. It will often crack off 2/3 into the split.

Is the wood very fibrous? Then it might be something like sweetgum.