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Wood ID. Maple?

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  1. Scotty Overkill

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    The red in box elder usually fades once exposed to air
     
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    How about some sort of Elm?


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    I don't know chit, but it looks like the box elder I have in my stacks. The red streaks on mine also disappeared.
     
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  4. Mag Craft

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    Well what ever it is I think it is a member of the Maple family of trees.
     
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    I think it's boxelder. As others have said, Boxelder is from the maple family and yes it can often have curl to it. Bark looks right too. It's actually uncommon for boxelder to have the red flames in it.

    Here's my boxelder table top.

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