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Need a Couple ID's

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  1. rdust

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    I picked up some craigslist wood yesterday and I'm unsure on a couple of them.

    Thinking sassafras on this one. Close growth rings but not very heavy, dark wood.

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    This one is also pretty light, thinking basswood.

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  2. lukem

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    I think you are right on both.
     
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    Did you catch a whiff of the "sassafras?" Unmistakable.
    Don't know anything about the other.....
     
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    Yup, sass in first pic. Basswood seems like a good possibility on the second.
     
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  5. Red Elm

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    I've got three piles of basswood logs in my log yard. I can show you at least 4 different bark patterns in those logs, all cut on the same hillside. I would say yes, second one is basswood.
     
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  6. Scotty Overkill

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    I concur!
     
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    Me too. The best way to ID bass is to look at the leaf in the summertime.
     
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  8. thewoodlands

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    rdust , this is a Basswood that some wind brought down on our property.
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  9. Horkn

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    The second one sure looks like basswood to me. I've never burned sasquatchfrass.
     
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    I've never burned Succatash either!
     
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    pic 1&2 look like some kind of pine - maybe it's the zoom?
     
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