I should have added that the lightness spoken of is not common to most ash but after the borer has done its damage the wood can get extremely light. When it get too far gone I won't cut any more as it is not worth the work for the minimum btu you get. I have lots and lots laying in my woods now that is too far gone to be worth anything.
I take this back. I picked up a piece this morning and it has some heft to it. Feels similiar to other types of dried wood that I have. All I have though is sweet gum and pine and some fresh cut oak. Here's another picture of the underside of the bark which seems to confirm what others have said.
Do these help? The rounds were before splitting last year. The splits are from today. Also, this tree was probably down for several years before I got to it. Not sure if that degrades the pith or not. Sorry about the sideways rounds......not sure how to fix this.
Yes, that's ash. But how many of you would've thought that the last pic I showed was ash? Only until really looking at it did I know it was basswood. Without all three of the indicators present ( leaves, branches/ bark, and cross section of the wood) , it's sometimes difficult to identify with 100% certainty. Which is why I said ash or basswood in my initial guess. The larvae tracks confirmed this was ash, but also realize that elm get tracks from larvae too, but it's a "skinnier" track line. At any rate, grab all of that ash. It's awesome firewood!
