Humpday wood id

This stuff is rock hard. I’ve cut many down over the years, but never kept it. Now that I’m in a club I felt compelled to bring some chunks home. The southeast and maybe the world is decorated with them.

#1 what’s the wood?



Another hard wood, but rarely get much wood from a tree.
#2



This wood is hard and older trees are dying off in my area. It’s a borderline tree for climate zone 7b. Getting too hot and dry for the seniors.
#3



This wood is Oak. I should have kept a leaf. It’s either or for me. Maybe you can positively id the oak species?
#4

 

#2 looks like dogwood.

 

#1 is crepe myrtle

 

I like the teamwork. I thought #3 would be off the board, before dogwood.

 

Those green leaves next to the wood reminds me of Oak leaves.

 

I was thinking Bald cypress, dogwood, Sugar maple then Red oak.

 

live oak ?

 

For clarification.. Chud, is this a quiz and you know the species?
I'm saying crepe myrtle, dogwood, poplar, red oak (of some variety)...
Although poplar isn't that hard (as you describe it), to me the bark looks like poplar, and that's all I'm coming up with right now, so that's what I'm guessing....

 

#1 Ironwood and im guessing here
#2 looks like dogwood. Yard tree that doesnt get big. Wood is hard as concrete
#3 looks like maple, possibly sugar
#4 is red oak of course, not sure of variety

 

#1 seems like eucalyptus number 23 kinda look like hard maple and number 4 seems like northern red oak or similar type of red oak

 

Eckie was correct on #1 with Crapemyrtle. I should have clarified sooner.

 

Yes #3 is sugar maple. 1 Crapemyrtle 2 Dogwood

 

Good guess, but there are very few live oaks in my area.

 

Yes it’s a quiz and I know the answers, except for the Oak. It is difficult to id a tree from bark and wood, especially from a photo. I didn’t think it was a good example of Dogwood bark but obviously it was easy for some.

 

I was thinking #4 was Scarlet or Pin. I don’t cut many of either. Pin Oaks in my area almost always look like trash. They are full of deadwood, dieback, but never fully kick the bucket.
This wood is from a big limb that had decay, but the tree appears to be in perfect health.

 

More on #4 the oak.
According to buZZsaw BRAD and others, pin oak wood smells like urine. This wood did not have a strong smell even for red oak.
After looking at a leaf comparison between pin and scarlet, the lack of pee smell, the overall health of the tree, I’m going to say it’s scarlet.
The leaf of scarlet is wider than pin and the petiole should have a scarlet color.
In the scarlet oak photo, it appears to have a scarlet coloring radiating into the bark from the cambium. Thanks for participating.

 

Did the butt flare out around the base? I believe that's a trait of scarlet. Also, the tree will look "bad", have dead limbs in it, but still be relatively healthy. It's been a while since I had to really break down the red oak family, since the dendro quizzes at tech. After that, I've pretty much been good enough with " a red oak".