Wood ID - it has Birdseye , so maple?
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You're missing the most important picture when identifying if wood is oak or not - the end grain. The figure in the splits could be ray fleck although i don't think it is.
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The rays are visible but this isn't a ring-porous oak. This is red or sugar maple, I'd side with sugar. If it were much lighter in color, perhaps I'd also throw sycamore, but the same rays would stand out much more with sycamore.
I can tell you with certainty that this is a maple, doesn't have birds eye, and is really, really dry (it looks like it dried standing).
For what it is worth, black birch can also have visible rays like the above splits, but it would be long rotted prior to appearing like the above piece.
I can tell you with certainty that this is a maple, doesn't have birds eye, and is really, really dry (it looks like it dried standing).
For what it is worth, black birch can also have visible rays like the above splits, but it would be long rotted prior to appearing like the above piece.
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Firewood from a firewood tree. Will rot eventually when left out uncovered and turns to an ash grey when burned...
Looks more like oak than maple to me...
Looks more like oak than maple to me...
I'm jumping on the Maple wagon. If it's dry, and the splits are still heavy, I'd think Sugar...but the splits do have a reddish tinge in a couple pics.
thank for the replies. after being split for about 2 weeks they still have that reddish tinge. They feel heavy for their size also.
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