Guess the mess

I know many of you will know right away but just as the title says, guess the mess, as in species of wood most are in the picture

 

I agree

 

I think even I could guess elm from all the negative posts about it here.

 

Not split.. torn = elm

 

Just look at all that beautiful built in kindling!

 

My guess is blackgum

 

White elm

 

Looks like both the elm and cottonwood I split this last year, but given the bad reviews of elm on here I'll say elm.

 

Proving more difficult than I expected…maybe I should have included a bark picture

 

I'm geussing elm also, not sure if people hate it but it brings it's own kindling to the fire can't be too bad

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Not sure what it is but it looks to be a big ol pile of BTUs!

 

Cottonwood mostly with some elm thrown in for fun

 

Is that gum?

 

I zoomed in and deducted my guess that way. Actually doesnt look stringy enough for elm.

 

I’ve never CSS Elm, but if that is what is in the picture, I am starting to understand why Jason despises the stuff

That pile makes Cottonwood look good , that’s sayin somthin



Doug

 

My initial thought was some type of gum.

One run in I had with it was horrid. I stopped trying and started throwing those rounds aside. It was every bit as bad, if not worse than elm.

 

I go with an outside shot from way out in left field. Looks like some stringy azz Mulberry to me based on how my phone is coloring it & a couple of the bark snippets I am seeing. There are a couple of odd colored chunks but I seen that color in Mulberry also that is start to go punky. They must be put in there to confuse the masses, myself included.

 

I gots no experience with gum other than Wrigley’s Spearmint, Juicy Fruit & Big Red