Is this Elm (the two halves that were noodled)? Got it out of a stump dump after a storm this summer. Zip code is 55741. We are at the northern end of the natural range for American Elm. Though it came from in town do it could be damm near anything. Sorry for the crappy pictures...
I can't get a perspective on the size. But if what I see is 5 or 6 growth rings and thick bark I think you have black locust. Maybe a root sucker growing from a well developed root system.
Hard to tell with the weird color, but that looks more like siberian elm to me. They were commonly planted as shade trees in urban areas, fast growing and resistant to dutch elm disease.
I will get better pictures tomorrow with my real camera and post them when I get to work Monday. This iJunk does not take a picture worth a damm.
I'd say its some type of elm, the bark is dead on. I'm used to red elms with the dark red heartwood and the small ring of bright white sap wood. Yours has bark that looks exactly like the red elm I just took down and the thin white strip of white sap wood but the heart wood is lighter which leads me to guess its some other type of elm.
That's definately cottonwood. Bark looks like chestnut oak (rock oak) that we have here, but the wood ain't right.
It's not too bad. Dries really light, but splits easy. The orange bark on a fresh cut face is the give away
Thanks, I was wondering if the orange bark was C-wood. We have them here but I've never seen the inside of one. Maybe if I lived in GA, I would burn it. But if I run across one that's down, I may split some kindling from it and see how it works.
I like it as kindling. Hey in some of the coldest parts of the country it's one of the few hardwoods available
