Tree ID

I’m kind of shocked I’m in question about this but I am. I have been driving around this blow down a couple years getting to my locust grove. Decided to make a couple cuts and open trail back up. When the chips started flying I thought red oak. But I’ve seen light colored cherry also. What do you think.

 

I think you're correct on Oak. Cherry would likely be mush by now. Looks pretty decent yet.

 

I would vote oak as well. I use to cut 90% standing dead and that looks very familiar

 

Oak, reddish in nature

 

Seen a bunch of those white stringy fungus in red oak that has been down for a while never seen it in any other species.

 

This grain says maple to me.
But the way those rounds on the ground look, it screams dead oak with the sapwood rotted off. How about a close up picture of the end grain? We need medullary rays to close the book on the oak verdict.

 

I looked at the ends but didn’t take any pics.

 

Initially I was thunking Slippery Elm but after all the photos I am in agreement with others: Oak.

 

The rounds look like oak, but the splits dont. Cherry heartwood is rather rot resistant. Did you sniff any Slocum? The nose knows. Should still have a faint aroma.

 

Yes I smelled a fresh split, no real aroma. Wish I had my moisture meter cause it was heavy for it to be cherry.

 

Im still not seeing oak in the splits though.

 

The horizontal “lines” in pic 3 indicate oak to me along with the stringy fungus.

 

This is the part of pic 3 that I think Warner is talking about. I had a good chain on and whatever it is was hard. Maple don’t keep laying in the woods so it’s between oak and cherry from what I know. I might burn a few pieces in the fire pit.

 

I’ve seen those lines in cherry too...

 

No doubt in my mind that is oak, it's identical to the red oak I see.

 

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The other clue for me is the two trunks. I don’t think I have seen that on a cherry. Just my observations.

 

I've got about 15 cord of Red Oak logs piled up here if somebody wants to come & split to confirm the ID.

 

Looks like oak to me.

 

Another vote for oak, I would grab all that is still good!