Wood ID

[Firefighter938]

wet fields have me cutting in areas I don't normally venture. Talked to a person who had a tree company take some trees down and he wanted them cleaned up so I went to take a look.




I thought it was punky white oak when I first looked. Now I'm wondering if it is beech. I don't get a lot of either, so ID'ing from splits is tough for me.
A lot of living red and white oak and beech on his property.


Also got some red elm.

Ugh, glad most of it didn't need split.

 

[StihlKicking]

Hard to say for sure, the bark in the first pic resembles maple. It also favors cherry bark oak.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I think Stihlkicking hit it, looks like some sort of Cherry.

 

[Jason763]

It is oak, not sure of what type

 

[billb3]

the axe appears to be sunk into red oak
but the spaulted wood appears to be something else.
what maple and beech looks like when left dead standing for a bit too long.

 

[Wood Duck]

I agree with Billb3. The round with the axe marks is definitely oak, I am not sure what kind. The split with the spalting could be maple or beech; it isn't oak.