Wood ID

[msherer]

Found some old logs laying in our city yard waste dump area. Any idea what it might be?

 

[S Roche]

1st looks like Poplar maybe Birch, 2nd not sure, 3rd looks like Ash

 

[bsruther]

To me the second one looks like boxelder and the third looks like cottonwood.

 

[aansorge]

#1 probably paper birch but perhaps aspen
#2 American Basswood or hard maple (norway)
#3 Ash but the leaves laying on it are cottonwood.

 

[Applesister]

Just taking a guess
1 White poplar
2 ? Not sure but could be basswood
3 bark looks like Sassafras

 

[gzecc]

First two are crap (rotten white birch and fungus among us, rotten softer hard wood). Third could be Norway Maple or Ash.

 

[midwestcoast]

I'm going with:
1. Poplar or Aspen (makes little difference to you). Could possibly be white birch, but I don't see any pealing bark
2. Basswood
3. Cottonwood

 

[nrford]

Aspen,Basswood, Ash

 

[midwestcoast]

So, taking nrford's ID as definitive, which is a safe bet: I've never seen Ash bark that deeply furrowed. On a smallish trunk or medium/large limb to boot.
Is that Black Ash then?

 

[bsruther]

It's Cottonwood.

 

[Woody Stover]

I've never seen Ash bark that deeply furrowed.

Here's some White Ash I got earlier this year. Was growing in a wet area.

 

[Applesister]

White Ash that burns like Cottonwood?

 

[nrford]

Just because it has poplar leaves on it doesn't mean that is what it is! Remember it was found in the town dump. It is ash.