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Wood ID...Sugar or Silver Maple?

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by pjcalla, Dec 29, 2016.

  1. pjcalla

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    I forgot to mention, some of the branches had little red buds on them. Not sure if that matters.

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    I don't know if that is ash. Upper most piece on the right side of the first picture is ash but the others don't look the same. The split piece looks like ash.
     
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    Yes, the upper right is different, ash from a previous haul. The new wood in question is the bottom , as well as the split.

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    X 2 or 3 on Ash....
     
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    Fwiw, I Id most wood by bark and my previous comment was based on the bark of rounds in the pic. Not the split grain. Get a bark pic of the split in question for a 100 percent Id. Growth ring end shots are good for some people also. Me, not so much. The Sawyers.....yea.

    The split grain looks silverish, but like I said...those rounds are ash.
     
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    That looks a lot like Silver Maple to me. That and the Red Oaks are the most common we have around here.