wood id please?

[stoveliker]

So I got this load of mostly locust, but some maple and cherry. The locust and cherry the tree company was correct about.

But is this maple? I do not remember maple having this brown pith?

Or is this ash?

 

[qwee]

Hard/Rock Maple? Nice wood if it is. That little wavy yet ordered pattern with pigments says to me hard maple - but I don't get much Maple so not 100% sure. Ya, usually it is a little whiter. Someone said it was denser than White Oak - but I don't think so. But if it is up there near white oak it is a very good firewood.

 

[Dieselhead]

Looks like Norway maple to me.

 

[stoveliker]

it's not heavier than white oak, and I think it contains less water than white oak (when both green). So I doubt it'll be neaer white oak.
I read elsewhere it dries fast, which is nice. It'll be good to have some fast lighting stuff in a year with a lot (majority) of black locust.

 

[Slimdusty]

I’m no maple expert but it does look like many of the maples around here, norway, etc.

 

[Ryan_C]

Hard to be 100% from photos, but I’d lean ash over maple here. Especially if it’s lighter than white oak and seems to be drying quicker. Maple usually feels a bit heavier for its size and is not that quick-drying.

 

[MRD1985]

Norway maple. I’ve burned a lot of it. Burns nicely.

If you look quickly the bark, it is similar to ash, but doesn’t have that “diamond “ pattern

 

[stoveliker]

One more pic in different light. Better representation of how it looks (one split next to locust splits).

 

[NickW]

Going with maple of some variety. Bark kinda looks like red maple, but the split seems too white. Not ash.

 

[ScottLewis]

Looks like ash to me.

 

[River]

I am in the not-ash camp. Ash has an open grain. This does not. I am also in the maple camp, though I do not know my maples well enough to determine the variety.

 

[qwee]

I've been studying up on maples - for firewood purposes of course. Firewood cutters view maples as Hard Maple or Soft Maple. But there are a few maples between hard maple and soft maple - Norway maple is denser than Red & Silver maples (softies) but not as dense as Hard/Sugar maple. And on the Pacific coast, Big Leaf maple is another maple that is between soft and hard maples - btu wise. And there is a midwestern/Eastern maple, Black Maple, that is considered another hard maple. Hard maples btu rating ~ 24, soft maples ~ 18-19 rating. Someone said Norway Maple which is probably it. Btu rating unknown but probably 21 or 22.

 

[stoveliker]

Well, that's okay. I can live with that.

Yes the cut ends look pretty dense (not open).

 

[Pennsylvania Woodsman]

Maple and I'm thinking Red rather than Norway. It's decent fuelwood.

 

[Turbo89]

Another vote for Maple - it looks a lot like the maple I cut down two years ago and burning this year. It burned pretty well, not as good as my oak/hickory, so I don’t think it’s silver maple.