Is this a type of maple?

Some scrounge wood from the weekend.no leaves ti look at.looks like maple inside but the ends of the fresh cut rounds were orange/pink.anybody know what this is?

 

The first 2 pics make me think maple but that last one has me confused as I have not seen maple with bark like that around here.

 

My vote would be that it is maple. And the bark looks mapleish to me.

 

I'd agree. Unless the log was dragged out with a skidder. The ridges look worn down.

 

It came from a residential tree job.tree service had it cut into rounds and stacked.i doubt it got drug around much. I am now wondering if it's a big Japanese maple.

 

Reminds me a lot of Tree of Heaven but the bark isn't quite right. I've seen variation in the bark before though. Does it happen to smell like rancid peanut butter by any chance?

 

I did smell it.lol.but it really didn't have an odor.wood wasn't heavy or light.felt very average

 

The bark is a dead ringer for Japanese Maple, but the wood should have a heavy solid feel to it, unless it’s been dead a while.

 

It was very green. I'm sure alive when cut.

 

That bark does look like the Japanese Red Maple I have in my backyard.

 

I recently cut some sugar maple that looked very similar.

 

I thought the same. The split texture reminds me of Norway maple.

 

TOH was my thought too when i saw the bark. Not familiar with Japanese maple bark

 

There’s enough of it around CT, but normally not that big. I’ve only seen a couple that could’ve produced a round as large as the OP’s. Never paid them too much attention as overplanted as they are.

 

My first thought when we split the first tound was the wood looked alot like silver maple

 

The one laying on the splitter may be tree of heaven. The one you’re holding next to it,,,,not sure. Never saw TOH look like that.

 

I’m going with Tree of Heaven. I have seen some pretty big ones here in Ohio

 

Here are some photos of a TOH I cut down for comparison

 

Looks similar to TOH.but here in south east pa I've never seen one even half that big

 

How did that TOH burn?