Wood ID please

[TedyOH]

Found this tree today snapped in the woods from the last wind storm, it's only about 12" at the base of the stump with about 86 growth rings, slow growth in my opinion, heavy for it's size, I thought it was red oak by looking at the bark but once I cut it I felt the wood was too white in color to be red oak. Very very easy to split. Can anyone help with an ID? Thanks.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

The bark looks like oak, but I'm guessing it's red maple.

 

[TheAardvark]

Definately not red oak. I would put my money on a maple of some kind.

 

[barmstrong2]

Maple.

 

[TedyOH]

I'll take maple, I know it's not silver as I have tons of that, so red is good, sugar would be better, thanks!

 

[Rebelduckman]

Red maple

 

[claydogg84]

I want to say Sugar Maple but I'm terrible at distinguishing between them.

 

[Jay106n]

Heartwood spells one of the maples for sure.

 

[Ralphie Boy]

Red maple I think...

 

[Dix]

Maple.
Seasons quick, get all you can.

 

[Wood Duck]

I think it is a really large specimen of Juneberry, probably Amelanchier canadensis. The wood will be like Apple wood. Clearly not an oak or maple, and no full-sized tree would likely grow as slowly as this tree. Juneberries are small trees, typically only 6 or 8 inches diameter, but like all trees they never stop growing, just slow down as they approach their maximum size.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Agree it's not red maple

 

[Rebelduckman]

Yep I missed that one.

 

[ADK_XJ]

I don't think that's maple, either - at least not red or sugar. Got any leaves from near the deadfall?

Don't know if you have these out that way but kinda looks like the Quaking Aspens I still have standing in our upper pasture...look just like this:

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[Wood Duck]

Here is a picture of some Juneberry. Note the pattern of the bark - smooth but with a pattern of wavy, lighter-colored lines. The wood is a reddish color, although the wood I cut has a light sapwood that I don't see in the original post.

 

[TedyOH]

I don't think that's maple, either - at least not red or sugar. Got any leaves from near the deadfall?

Don't know if you have these out that way but kinda looks like the Quaking Aspens I still have standing in our upper pasture...look just like this:

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I looked at the leaves online of the Quaking Aspens, I would have thought they were a birch, we do have them around here but they do not grow in the mature forest where this tree was found (as far as I know), they do grow in fields though. As far as leaves I can ID, there's oak, maple, beech, ash, elm, hickory, black cherry, tulip poplar and ironwood.

I did notice the Juneberry leaf is very similar to elm.

 

[TedyOH]

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Here is a picture of some Juneberry. Note the pattern of the bark - smooth but with a pattern of wavy, lighter-colored lines. The wood is a reddish color, although the wood I cut has a light sapwood that I don't see in the original post.

I just finished splitting a bitternut hickory that fell in the summer that looks identical (bark and wood) to your pic Wood D. 100% positive on it due to the nuts and leave pattern.

I noticed the Juneberry has a round blue fruit, I've never noticed them on the forest floor before.....but then again I may have dismissed as cherry fruits......

 

[nrford]

Hard Maple. Not a doubt in my mind.