These are remnants from a roadside cutting I drove by this morning. I’m baffled as to what species these are. The bark is similar to red oak, but the wood color is light like black gum. It’s heavy too, so either it’s dense or it’s just full of water. I thought maybe bigtooth aspen but at this size they usually have smoother bark. Any ideas? Once I split it that might help narrow it down. Note: the partial image of the 5th log on the far right is red oak.
End grain and color remind me of ash. Bark not so much. Assuming that's a small tree and not a branch?
I can definitely see the piece on the far left being mistaken for TOH, especially with those vertical white lines in the bark. I've gotten that a couple times before though and this is different. I've never had hackberry before although I've seen a couple around. The ones I saw had very warty bark, even at a young age.
The tree was growing in the shade of some very tall planted white pines and tamaracks. The younger growth rings suggest that it can grow moderately fast when given enough sunlight.
You might’ve nailed it there. I remember seeing what I thought were catalpa trees along this road back in the summer. Driving by at 40mph I can’t distinguish between the two.
Got me on this one. The end cuts remind me of ash like JS said above. I looked up Paulownia vs catalpa...very similar. Its not catalpa as the ones ive cut have tan heartwood. Is there a center pith? Post pics of the splits.
I was at a complete loss about this one myself. When I first spotted it from the truck at 25' away I thought red maple, then up close I saw it was something I never had before. I decided to take the few firewood-worthy pieces there were and figure it out later. There's only been 3 other times I've scrounged something, processed it, then burned it later, never knowing what it was. Kind of irks me on the rare occasions it happens.
Yep, it might be what Jim said. There's some down here, but we've never cut any for farwood, took a small one down several years ago. The leaves look similar to catalpa, but are huge...they are blooming here now.
