It does look ashy. We'll wait until the herniated ashkisser, I mean ash sniffer shows up to make a guess.
Definitely not white oak or cottonwood. Wish you had a leaf....I know...no leaves for deciduous trees. My college Forestry class was in the Fall, not winter, when there were leaves.
Took that from a page outa yer book, big boy! WeldrDave you Whataya trying to do to LinkedXJ's thread, clemsonfor-it-all up?
I said Norway maple first. Smell it, if it smells like fårikål the national food of Norway, then it's a Norwegian maple. Whatever that smells like.
I meant to edit Wood Duck's post to just indicate "town tree"... Horkn is the winner of a farikal dinner, with the little circle thingies over the "a" 's Enjoy your wood supper. it first.
No, there are actually lutefisk free zones in Norway. The tradition was used to preserve fish, a means to an end. If you will . It's a subsistence thing, not a culinary masterpiece.