Wood I'D & pic help

[Big Chris]

Would someone be kind enough to post their email add to post pics for me. I picked up about a cord of wood a month or so ago and have no idea what it is. I figured I would figure it out when I split it, but I have no idea. Thank you

 

[fossil]

There are some tips here...and more help is available. If you have the image files on your computer you can get them uploaded to this forum...just gotta be sized & formatted appropriately. (size being most important, since multiple formats will work just fine). Rick

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/putting-images-into-your-forums-posts.87212/

 

[Big Chris]

I'm an idiot with computers. Thank you though

 

[Big Chris]

Anybody ? Please

 

[jwoair23]

I PM'd you Big Chris with my email, go ahead and send them over I'll post them.

 

[swagler85]

[email protected]

 

[Big Chris]

Thank you both, very kind. Jwoair23 I sent u an email. Thanks again.
Swagler85, thanks for your kindness as well.

 

[jwoair23]

Here are Chris' pictures:

 

[infinitymike]

Maple?

 

[gzecc]

Agree some kind of maple, maybe norway. In the back of my mind I'm thinking poplar but I don't think so.

 

[ScotO]

Looks like some kind of poplar or cottonwood to me. Not any maple I've ever seen.

 

[Big Chris]

I don't think it's poplar, I've cut that before. It's heavy if that helps, not as heavy as oak .

 

[ScotO]

Its definately not maple. Possibly mockernut hickory, hard to tell from the pics, I'm on my Droid X2 right now. I'll stick with cottonwood til someone else chimes in.

 

[DexterDay]

That was a GOOD DEED you did Jwoair23..... Always nice to see people help around here

I'm with Scotty on the Cottonwood.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

It looks like a softer hardwood to me; the picture of the inside of the split piece almost reminds me of Willow.

I really don't think it is one of the denser hardwoods like Maple or Hickory, but I could be wrong.

I'll roll the dice on Willow-final answer!

Did I win?

 

[Normande]

I'm putting ash or elm in the pool, elm is my guess from the splits

 

[Big Chris]

I don't think it's willow, the job site I got it from was on top of a hill. Not a wet area at all. The splits all have a wierd rippling to them. I'm still at a loss?

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Okay well let's keep going with this; you said it was heavy-when it was green I presume...is it still heavy now after it's been split for awhile? What about smells, what kind of aroma did it have if any?

I took a closer, clearer look at the pictures and it may be a better hardwood than I first thought...let's keep at this!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I PM'd you Big Chris with my email, go ahead and send them over I'll post them.

Thanks jwoair. You beat me to it.

As for the pictures, I can not tell from them what it is.

 

[Big Chris]

Still heavy sir.

 

[ScotO]

Take a sliver off of a split, light it and see what the smoke smells like. If it smells good, I bet its a hickory. If it smells bad, I bet its cottonwood. Let me know how you make out. If that stuff is hickory, that's a great score and it would go straight into the cooking-wood stack. If it's cottonwood, it would be OK for shoulder season.

 

[ScotO]

Here's a pic from the internet of Mockernut hickory bark



Here's a pic from the internet of cottonwood bark



which one looks closer to your specimen?

 

[Ralphie Boy]

Looks like some poplar I've got split & stacked. Hard to say for sure from the pictures. Weight of the splits and/or smell of a small piece burning will tell. As stated before, Light splits and stinky burn - poplar or cottonwood, heavy and nice smelling burn - hickory... my 2 cents worth... if it's worth that much.

 

[bogydave]

Hard to tell for sure, but I vote cotton wood also.

 

[Jags]

It is a young silver maple grown on high ground on the west side of a hill with rocky territory. It appears to have been 22" DBH with a 28' crown.

Just a guess though.