Is this Hophornbeam or another mystree?

I brought some logs home thinking it was Elm. It came down from ice or wind 2-3 months ago. I cut up one of the logs and decided to try to split a round. To my surprise it split easy and the grain is unfamiliar to me. It is heavier than Kentucky coffeetree. Can anyone with Hophornbeam experience confirm or deny the id? It was a big straight double trunk tree, so I got at least a kord of it.

 

Not American Hophornbeam, I'm going off of what I cut here.

 

Here's a picture off the net.

 

That’s a bummer. Here’s a pic of KC boards, so maybe it’s Kentucky Coffeetree. I’ve only split it once before and there’s some KC 1000yds from where this tree came down.

 

I didn’t do the cleanup on this tree, so I can’t rule it out, but I’m very familiar with the area where it came down and there’s no Hemlocks. Also no sap or conifer smell to it.

 

I confirmed with the cleanup crew that it didn’t have needles, so it’s still a mystree. tbh I’m relieved I don’t have to wait a year to split it. I’ll be able to clear up more space for more wood.

 

Looks like catalpa to me based on brownish heartwood and bark. Any leaf pics
Chud? It has a similar grain and texture to sassafras IMO.

 

No leaf pics, it came down this winter. Bark isn’t chunky enough to be Sassafras imo, but wood is similar texture, weight and look. Never had any Catalpa, so that’s a possibility if bark looks right to you.

 

Sassy id the closest wood type is reminds me of (not bark of course) Thread from two years ago. Load of catalpa with one cherry log in my PU. Couldnt load pics
Heading out to the Highway

 

Judas Priest will forever remind me of Myrtle Beach and illegal substances

 

Yeah that thread got a bit off track. Post #24 was the good representation of fresh cut catalpa color.

 

Was it light? Catalpa would be light

 

No, I wouldn’t consider it light. I had to use several hp to get rounds to the splitter. In my wood moving estimation it’s close to oak.

 

Bark resembles a young red oak to me but split color off.

 

Not hophornbeam or ironwood as we call it in Canada. Looks close to catalpa inside but not outside

 

I would think that rules out catalpa, at least from my experience.

 

In my limited experience with it, it is heavier fresh cut green.

 

It makes some pretty splits

 

Yeah it splits pretty straight and easy. Did you sniff any? Has a peculiar but pleasant aroma IMO.