Wood ID please

[tinman1]

Can you please ID for me. Here is a picture of a small piece. It has a light golden tint to it.

 

[lindnova]

Need better pics. Could be cottonwood with that thick bark, or possibly bur oak, but hard to tell from those pictures. I would lean towards cottonwood.

 

[shoot-straight]

If it was from around here, no prkblem. Chestnut oak. Haven't seen enough cottonwood to say no to that.

 

[claydogg84]

Black Locust. Maybe snap a couple more bark pictures.

 

[jeff_t]

Siberian elm.

 

[Paulywalnut]

That bark is too thick for Locust.

 

[claydogg84]

That bark is too thick for Locust.

Incorrect. Maybe too thick for Honey Locust, but certainly not too thick for Black Locust.

 

[Wood Duck]

The last picture confirms it is not oak. There are no medullary rays visible, and with this close up, clear picture they'd be visible. I don't know what it is.

 

[Hickorynut]

The golden tint tells a lot, that's a black locust description.....

 

[claydogg84]

The 2 pictures are of BL in my pile - just to give an example of what it looks like.

 

[Hickorynut]

The 2 pictures are of BL in my pile - just to give an example of what it looks like.

I agree the bark could be black locust too. Pictures could always be better it seems

 

[tinman1]

I agree the bark could be black locust too. Pictures could always be better it seems

Tonight I will post more pictures.
TY

 

[blades]

Deep heavy bark and yellow tint when first cut or split- black locust

 

[Osagebndr]

Locust or hedge

 

[tinman1]

Tonight I will post more pictures.
TY

Here more pictures

 

[claydogg84]

Well.. From those pictures I can say it isn't Black Locust.

 

[Osagebndr]

Bark looks like white oak does here not sure tho.

 

[Wood Duck]

It sort of looks like oak but I don't see any medullary rays. I don't know what it is. more pictures would help. Ideally the pictures would show the ends of a few splits and the sides of a few. Was this a long-dead tree?

 

[Wood Duck]

I think it is Cottonwood. The close-up shot of the end of a split makes it look as though the wood is ring-porous (lots of woods including cottonwood are ring-porous), and the bark is very thick like cottonwood. I think it isn't an oak because of the lack of medullary rays.

 

[claydogg84]

I don't think its cottonwood. You should surely be able to tell the weight difference between oak and cottonwood though.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Some of those pieces look like locust, but the grain itself really doesn't. Some of it looks like oak bark,

Well.. From those pictures I can say it isn't Black Locust.

I agree. I spent all weekend splitting BL. It appears to be some type of oak, IMO.

 

[tinman1]

It sort of looks like oak but I don't see any medullary rays. I don't know what it is. more pictures would help. Ideally the pictures would show the ends of a few splits and the sides of a few. Was this a long-dead tree?

They do have weight to them like a hardwood should have. Dead at least a yr.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Can you show a clear picture of the grain, just a flush on picture of the split side; I think that would help if we could clearly see the grain-thanks !

 

[Woody Stover]

Oak, I see the rays now...I think.

sort of looks like oak but I don't see any medullary rays.

The first pics, wood looked a bit punky, maybe rays weren't visible on that sample? Could use a pic of the split grain but I'm not holding out much hope, seeing how grainy the other pics are.

 

[Osagebndr]

I have split red oak that doesn't have medullary rays I believe it was some 8-10" stuff