Wood ID . What is it?

[Dmitry]

Just felled today. Beech and oaks around this tree. This one is different.

 

[kennyp2339]

Maple - The darker inner circle then solid almost white color gives it away, also the bark on the main trunk with small branches coming out the main stem if fairly indicative or maple. Good score!

 

[lost in the woods]

that could still be beech. . . my first guess was soft maple but that reddish heartwood makes me want to say beech. . . I have seen beech with a rougher type bark like that before. . ALSO if there are small beech all around it, don't forget that young beech trees will sprout up from the root system of an older beech ''sons of beeches'' my money is on fagus grandifolia

 

[woodsHAM]

I'm going to say beech as well. Looks like it could have beech bark disease, the bark cracks open like that making it look rough when they are infected with it. From what I can see of the top it still looks smooth and greyish "beechy looking "

 

[Dmitry]

A lot of small beech trees around , all adult beeches look different , with elephant skin like smooth bark , this on darker and rougher, and trunk is much thicker .
It was a huge leaner , did it with making cut in a middle of trunk and then making cut out of it .

 

[woodsHAM]

Does the top have all the small "whip" like limbs like beech of the bigger limbs like maple.

 

[CincyBurner]

It looks like beech with but atypical beech bark. I have seen beech with that bark pattern.
Also, it looks like in OP first pic, top left, in foreground is small branch with beech leaves.
Check branching habit. If alternate, not maple.
Check buds - beech has very distinctive elongated, pointy buds. Very good distinguishing characteristic (DC) in winter.

 

[Dmitry]

Looked like those trees, and was standing among them , probably beech after all

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Beech or Maple, either way it is firewood......LOL

 

[Wood Duck]

It doesn't look like maple to me.