Wood ID

Hello all. I'm not the greatest at ID'ing wood types. With all the dead ash around here, that's about 90% of what I burn. Picked up something else today, what have I got? Thanks

 

Could be more dead ash.

 

Welcome to the forum. Terrible at tree id myself so no help here. They’ll get to the bottom of it here tho.

 

Looks like red elm to me.

 

Bark reminds me of some of our hickory

 

Possibly could be elm.

 

Wood looks like what I would imagine western red cedar would look like. Never seen it in anything but board form

 

I picked up another load of it today, free, already bucked to decent lengths. I won't have time to do any real splitting til this weekend, but threw a small round on the splitter just to see what I was getting myself into. It splits pretty nicely, here are a couple pics.

 

Reminds me of our poplar. Maybe a cottonwood?

Those branches that go right through the pith remind me of pine

 

I think thats basswood WinterinWI ! Low btu's, splits easily, dries fast. Great SS wood. Pics of some i scored in early January.

 

Any of the Basswood I have ever dealt with the cut ends were fuzzy. It was one of the easiest to identify when I worked at the pallet mill.

 

Hitting it with the maul might help you eliminate some of your guesses. But I’m thinking elm. I don’t run into elm that big around me so it’s got me wondering.

 

No idea. Doesn’t grow around here. I’ll tell ya if you end up with any Douglas Fir

 

Makes me want to invent a gauge or meter-like device, similar to a moisture meter, that can ID it for you. I would buy it.

 

After seeing the split and grain, I agree with Brad. Looks like basswood. I never see my basswood turn that color of red due to painting the ends for log sales. Looks soft like basswood too. Red elm isn't milky color and wavy. It's more straight grained and stringy when split. Now I'm curious enough to go on a mission today. I have a couple basswood logs on the junk pile that a local carver wants for blocks. I'm gonna whack one up and check it out.

 

I went to my woodlot today and cut a few rounds of basswood just to see what I'm missing. It took me a couple of looks at the posted pictures and some experimenting in the field to see the fuzzy ends, but with Fifelaker's tip, it's another easy form of identity. After about 3-4 hours, the red color appeared and started to darken up. I've never split much basswood (not enough to pay attention), but it definitely is very different from hardwoods. It splits a little stringy due to the moisture content. Then again, it was coming directly off the log. It does have a very sweet smell.
I have always wondered what it would be like just to make starter splits from rounds of basswood. Per Brad's suggestion of SS wood, I brought home 6-8 rounds. I added a cigar, beverage, music, sat down with my little electric splitter and commenced to making starter splits just for chits and giggles. After a while I had enough to fill the back of my UTV. I'll just bundle it with bungies and see how fast it dries down. I'm thinking an armful of banded splits with one of my wife's festive ribbons and a bottle of single malt should make nice Christmas gifts for several of my wood-stove neighbors. Even a rainy day in the garage splitting wood is better than nothing.

 

Snapped a few pics of the basswood splits from that score Holland Dell. Split back in February.