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Wood ID, please

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  1. pjcalla

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    Heavy compared to ash, has a definite smell. Sycamore?

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    Looks like some kind of conifer.....
     
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    Juniper? Looks like it. Does the bark look like a cedar bark? If it hardwood other than elm or oak im kinda lost.
     
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    Looks wise, I'm with Scotty. Bark and how the limbs carry to the center of the split look just like the pine I got a month ago. I'm bad at evergreen ID though.

    It being heavier than ash, is odd for softwood from my small evergreen experience. Is it dripping wet?
     
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  5. pjcalla

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    It's definitely wet. There is no sap, which is why I passed over the evergreens, but the bark does look like my pines on my property, just lighter.

    bocefus78, it came from that property you set me up with. It is the yellow wood stacked by the driveway, and it appears to have started turning white.

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    It's pretty wood....:yes:
     
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    With that pic I would have to say Spruce, maybe black. Doesn't look like hardwood to me.
     
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    I'll chime in with it sure doesn't look like any sycamore I have ever seen.
     
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    Looks like some natural fir flooring with the brown streaks and heartwood.
    The only spruce and fir I've ever cut up for firewood were yard trees, they just don't grow naturally around here.

    The bark doesn't look quite right for pine but a distressed tree can look quite unnatural inside.
     
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    Does it smell piney?
     
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    Whatever it is it's gorgeous!
     
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    Magnolia?
     
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    Magnolia has a super smooth bark.
     
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    It can have smooth bark or rough bark . I have one in my driveway that has bark as rough as the one picture above.

     
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    No, kind of reminds me of visiting my uncle's hog farm when I was younger.

    I'm out of range for black spruce.



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    My first thought was tulip poplar but yhe bark ain't even close. So now I'll just:popcorn:
     
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    Magnolia has ivory colored wood
     
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    definitely swamp ash
     
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    You've got Swamp Ash??
     
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    Bark and wood both look like larch or tamarack. Heavy, too.
     
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