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mystery wood, ash ?

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  1. billb3

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    It's a little bit yellower than in the pics.
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    At first I thought it might be hemlock but it is way too hard. Not enough knots. Yellow ? Pretty darn good burn and heat , about 6 hours but the last hour or so is LOTS of coals and ash. Burned it all day today and considering I just cleaned the ashes out yesterday . It's hard to tell because of all the coals buried in all the ash.


    Yeah, kinda dirty. That's what I get when I don't top cover. Pine needles, leaves, maple blossoms and seed helicopters, etc., etc.. Ends up everywhere so I have to sweep up everywhere. A lot. Avoiding comments from the peanut galleries.
     

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    It doesn't appear to be ash. Not from the color comment of it.
     
  3. bogydave

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    I guess Elm .
     
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    It's hard to tell from the pictures what it is, you're in the same area as me, so it should be something I'm familiar with.
     
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    Looks like one fbthe hybrid varieties of thornless honey locust.
     
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    I can't use my wood in the house if it's dirty.:rofl: :lol: Wife sends me back outside side to clean it off. Billb3 I top cover only to keep the pine needles and leaves off the stacks.

    As far as what you have there l can't tell but being right down the street from you I have some that look the same that I have never id.
     
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    Some more pics of the wood spread out a little would help. With all the debris it's hard to tell.
     
  8. Jeffrey Svoboda

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    My vote is on elm. Maybe some ash in there (if there are two kinds) but mostly elm.
     
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    Looks like ash and elm to me. They commonly grow near each other, at least in my experience.
     
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    I have to agree with elm and there might be some ash in there too.
     
  11. Woodporn

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    I don't think there's too much Elm growing in our area BillB. I also don't think the splits would be quite that cleanly separated (no stringy mess)
    Looks to me to be soft Maple or swamp maple