Wood ID Please

[Loren]

This can't be what I think it may be. Found it at the dump.

 

[Lcback]

My vote, and take it with a grain of salt. I'm still very new to this. But I'm trying to get good at identity by bark. I'm thinking hickory.

Sent from my LG-D850 using Tapatalk

 

[baseroom]

Ash!

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Im thinking catalpa Any idea of what leaves look like?

 

[bhildreth]

This can't be what I think it may be. Found it at the dump.

Ash.

 

[Jon_E]

The first photo looks a lot like hop hornbeam bark. The color of the sapwood and heartwood look right too. If those big pieces are insanely heavy then that's my guess. The second photo looks like a different species altogether. I'd guess basswood without physically holding and smelling it. Basswood has a very distinct odor that I can't really describe. Very light and soft when dry.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Stinkpickle]

I'm not sure. That bark doesn't look like any ash that I have, especially in that second pic.

 

[Loren]

Thanks everyone!

Sorry AmbDrvr253 - there were no leaves around it.

I was hoping that it was Hornbeam. It looks exactly like what I have been told is hornbeam in the past but what do I know. The bark is now where near like the type of Ash I am used to. Much smother and not a think.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Thanks everyone!

Sorry AmbDrvr253 - there were no leaves around it.

I was hoping that it was Hornbeam. It looks exactly like what I have been told is hornbeam in the past but what do I know. The bark is now where near like the type of Ash I am used to. Much smother and not a think.

It certainly looks more like hop hornbeam than ash.

 

[Eater309]

The 2nd looks like it could be Pear to me. That one connected branch is smooth like Pear and the the bigger logs look also like Pear.

 

[baseroom]

I've never seen hop hornbeam/ ironwood as big as those rounds in the vehicle.

 

[StihlKicking]

That doesn't look like the ash I'm used to. Let us know how it splits. It looks a little elmish to me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[baseroom]

Agree! Splitting it will give a lot more valuable information.

 

[mark cline]

Hop hornbeam , i split some today . Not too common to see a tree that big.

 

[Wood Duck]

I agree it looks like Hop Hornbeam, but I don't think they can get as big as the rounds in the first picture. I don't know what it is.

 

[Stinkpickle]

The wood database has the trunk diameter listed up to 2 feet, so it certainly a possibility. (broken link removed to http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/hophornbeam/)

 

[Loren]

Hi everyone,

I had a chance to split this wood over the weekend. Do these pics give anymore clues as to what it is?

 

[baseroom]

Still going with ironwood

 

[Ncountry]

eastern hop-hornbeam is my guess for most of it(especialy what is in the back of the vehicle). It does not appear to all be the same though. Fairly certain I see at least one piece of elm in that split pile, and possibly some ash in the stack.