Wood Identification!?

[Bwhunter85]

Was curious if anyone could enlighten me on the types of wood I am burning here. THANKS!

 

[smokinj]

Pic are not very good, White Oak or silver maple.

 

[nrford]

First photo, perhaps elm? second on right looks to be soft maple as well as the third photo.

 

[Wood Duck]

Was curious if anyone could enlighten me on the types of wood I am burning here. THANKS!

I think the answer is No, nobody could. I think the best we can do is guess. Not trying to be a smart ass, just commenting on the pictures. On my screen I see only small sized photos, and no view of the wood, only the bark. Ideally we'd see larger photos that include the end of a split as well as the bark. If you have several splits of the same type, that is also helpful. I cannot offer any advice how to post bigger pictures because I can't do it. When I post a picture I have to shrink it or it won't post, but I see others posting really big, sharp photos on this forum.

That said, I think nrford might be right. The first picture appears to have been a dead standing tree (no bark). That suggests Elm because there are a lot of them standing dead, or maybe oak which stand dead a long time. The second shows bark that could be Silver maple, while the third picture shows light-colored wood with reddish bark, resembling Red Maple.

 

[Bwhunter85]

I believe if you click on the pictures you can enlarge them. I hope that helps.

 

[fatwoodfirestarters]

my guess is soft maple also called red maple

 

[Woody Stover]

Sassafras? Does it have a distinctive fragrance when split? Light weight? Orange inner bark?

 

[hman]

2nd and third picture sassafras,1st could be elm or locust.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Don't know what the first one is, but the others I don't believe are Sassy- rather Maple like mentioned before.