Wood ID

[ijbelair55]

 

[Jags]

At first blush I would say cottonwood.

 

[barmstrong2]

I have some of this, and while I'm not 100% certain, my research so far points to butternut. I'll be interested in the other replies.

 

[Omaha419]

Was this harvested in NJ?

 

[ijbelair55]

Was this harvested in NJ?

Yes I was told elm .. Splitting is a slow terrible process

 

[Wood Duck]

I don't think it is elm. Maybe Cottonwood. I'd like to see more pictures, including the end of a split. Obviously pictures of the leaves would make it easy to ID.

 

[ijbelair55]

No leaves sorry . I will take some pics of other pieces later tonight

I don't think it is elm. Maybe Cottonwood. I'd like to see more pictures, including the end of a split. Obviously pictures of the leaves would make it easy to ID.

 

[husky345 vermont resolute]

I'm going to say poplar

 

[VAfarmer38]

Yes I was told elm .. Splitting is a slow terrible process

Unless I'm wrong in my tree ID, I have always thought elm was very stringy.

 

[kennyp2339]

This was a willow I took down this spring in Vernon, saw has a 20" bar. Looks like your wood

 

[turn_n_burn]

By the bark, defnitely cottonwoods. Very popular to use foir carving, very furrowed and has the red coloring underneath the grey. The grain is whitish and stringy. I have a chopping block of that exact same stuff. Take a whiff if it is still green, and it will have a syrupy, sour odor. We have a ton of it around here, our capital, boise (meaning big wood in french) was named for all the big cottonwoods in the river bottoms.