Wood ID Please

[bigealta]

Easy.... Locust

 

[Woody Stover]

in my experience in dealin with firewood there have been only a few i can think of off tje top of my head that comes a little close to lookin like yhat theres definitel black/sugar maple.....none the less its most likely pignut hickory oh im also forgettin about sweet n black gum but my guess is still hickory

Hmmm, Sweetgum and Blackgum. 🤔 Thing is, I've never seen those holes in the sapwood like the OP shows in his third pic. I haven't cut a lot of Hickory, though there's a lot here. I mostly get down Red Oak, Black Cherry etc.

Maple indeed. Sugar? I'm not so sure. Bark looks different. Looks like a hard maple.
I'm guessing rock maple. Been a long time since I've seen some.

Audubon Guide says Black Maple has "dark gray or blackish bark" which it looks like in the OP's pics. Nickname is Rock Maple. Do you have a lot of it in.... "earth?" 😆

The splits don't look very stringy to me?
I have no experience with hickory, but thought it would look more stringy.
Given my inexperience with hickory I may be wrong...

Yeah, you'd think that both Hickory and Sweetgum or Blackgum would be stringier than that.

That’s not pig nut hickory. I have a cord or so of it and the bark looks nothing like that.

Doesn't really look like the Pignut here, either.

Looks like good stuff. That is all. 😛

Interesting post. The bark and inner wood combo don't remind me of anything.

Agreed.

Easy.... Locust

BL, without a doubt.

 

[Dieselhead]

BL! Tough on chains, weighs an ton and free fireworks shows on reloads but other than that it’s better than coal in the stove!

 

[MrCampbellAHS]

Just testing you 😉

 

[Dieselhead]

Thick bark is a dead giveaway, as long as it has tight growth rings. If it’s thick bark and wide growth rings ya got yourself some poplar/cottonwood/tulip.

 

[River]

Sassafras.

 

[bigealta]

Sassafras.

Ha definitely not sassafras. Locust 100%

 

[hickoryhoarder]

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Hmmm. Not sure.

 

[qwee]

Ya, Black Locust. It is a very good firewood.

 

[Woody Stover]

Sassafras.

One sniff would remove all doubt. 👃

 

[all night moe]

Audubon Guide says Black Maple has "dark gray or blackish bark" which it looks like in the OP's pics. Nickname is Rock Maple. Do you have a lot of it in.... "earth?"

It is for sure around in these parts, NE, I just haven't seen it close enough to pay it attention in recent years.

 

[gzecc]

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Black locust.