250+ year old tree taken down

That ring of sap wood is screaming oak

 

I’m in White Oak country, surrounded by white oaks everywhere everyday and that bark looks different, maybe from the Ivy or region.

 

Wow, I remember my cousin and watched that movie what 35+ years ago!?!

 

I remember watching it with my dad when I was in high school.
Where does the time go?

 

Wow, you are old...

 

Actually, it just means I'm difficult to kill, but thanks.

 

Great observation. As we cut into it, we are finding nails that were put into that tree some 50 years ago.
I'm glad I'm not using my saw on this..

 

I'm in the elm camp. Maybe slippery elm.

I can't see any rays in the end piece of the big pic. Maybe show a end grain of a branch?

Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)

http://rootbuyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Slippery-Elm-Bark3.jpg

 

I couldn't find any either

 

At least I can still remember, lol.

 

Dang, that is one large tree.

 

Would that stain be from metal or something else?

 

Don’t look like any elm I’ve ever seen, and not familiar with any oaks. Of the species I do know the bark looks closest to the ash that I have around here

 

Looks like White Oak

 

It would be neat to cut a cookie of its widest part and mount it with a year time line pointing at various historical points.

 

That is a neat idea.

 

After seeing the bark picture I am leaning towards swamp white oak.

 

Late to the party here. Somehow missed this posting.
Thats a big sum beech...actually oak, white oak was my guess based on the metal streaking in the wood. Always sad to see a big one go, but fascinating to count the rings and think of history. Nice that its going to good use other than firewood. Post more pics of its processing Smaug as it progresses.

 

I’d guess white ash, but the canopy/branches don’t look right. It does that streaking thing around here, and I’ve seen a few that big or bigger with exactly that bark. The EAB beetle killed it, I’d guess, if it’s a white ash.