Wood ID please? Is this Hickory?

[cbst09]

Hello, is this wood Hickory?

 

[Bobbob]

Looks like ash

 

[fvhowler]

Did it split easily (by hand)? If not...its hickory

 

[cbst09]

It cut down about 9 months ago and split very easily by hand. Pieces are heavy and a few of them were a little stringy. The pieces are pretty white in color

 

[River]

Did it split easily (by hand)? If not...its hickory

Most of the hickory I have bucked up over the years has split easily -- by hand. I took down a tree last summer that did not split well. I managed with wedges and a sledge, but "easy" did not describe it.

Anyway, the pictures look like hickory, to me, though I have never seen the blue-green end grain of the last photo.

 

[cbst09]

Most of the hickory I have bucked up over the years has split easily -- by hand. I took down a tree last summer that did not split well. I managed with wedges and a sledge, but "easy" did not describe it.

Anyway, the pictures look like hickory, to me, though I have never seen the blue-green end grain of the last photo.

The log was was laying on the ground for a while and was wet so I don't know if that has anything to do with the odd coloration. The bark came off after the first hit. Some of the other pieces I split lightened up in color in just a few days and are pretty light in color compared to the oak I have.

 

[Eman85]

Doesn't look like hickory. Easy fun test is burn a little of the wood or even the sawdust, if it smells like they opened a barbecue shack in your neighborhood it's hickory. If you don't know what a barbecue shack smells like you need to.

 

[danrclem]

I'm sure there's more than one type of hickory but all of it that I've seen looks like this.

Shagbark Hickory

 

[ScottLewis]

Looks like ash. The hickory I have messed with was very difficult to split.

 

[Doublebogey]

If I saw that same bark on a tree in the woods I would assume it to be walnut

 

[Eman85]

If I saw that same bark on a tree in the woods I would assume it to be walnut

Look at the wood, not walnut.

 

[patrickk222]

I'd say its ash

 

[warbonnet]

No way in the world that’s hickory.

 

[cbst09]

No way in the world that’s hickory.

I'm not sure if this helps or not but I took some close up pics. the first shows a few pieces along with the bark that came off and the second is the backside of the log that has some worm or beetle damage on it where there are tunnels and small holes.

 

[Bobbob]

I'm not sure if this helps or not but I took some close up pics. the first shows a few pieces along with the bark that came off and the second is the backside of the log that has some worm or beetle damage on it where there are tunnels and small holes.

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I'm sticking with ash

 

[bigealta]

The x pattern on the bark is the give away.

 

[cbst09]

The x pattern on the bark is the give away.

Sorry to be slow, is the X pattern a give away to indicate its Hickory or Ash?

 

[Heart Rot]

The bark and wood both look like ash.

The marks ("galleries") on the wood are from EAB which kills ash.

 

[stoveliker]

Sorry to be slow, is the X pattern a give away to indicate its Hickory or Ash?

ash

 

[ctreitzell]

pumpkin ash?
bark looks very similar

https://leafyplace.com/ash-tree-types-bark-and-leaves/

 

[ScottLewis]

The tracks in the bark prove it is ash.

 

[bigealta]

Ash, Called either Diamond or X pattern in the bark.

 

[ScottLewis]

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