Wood ID needed please

This is part of a tree that had been dead and down for some time. I am thinking it is a Shagbark hickory just by the bark but I am not all that sure. Please help me ID this tree.

TIA

 

Maple

 

That's shagbark bark alright.

 

Looks like the shagbark I have around here.

 

Absolutely. Shag.

The best firewood there is.

 

Can't beat a good shag.

 

If it's Shagbark, that bark will be as hard as ceramic and pop like crazy in the fire.

 

Shagbark Hickory is my call also.

 

I don't see a wide light-colored sapwood, that is characteristic of all Shagbark I have seen. Lots of dead trees have shaggy bark, so that is hard to use for ID. I think the wood looks more like Elm than Hickory. There are a lot of dead Elms around and the bark becomes shaggy when they die. Do you have more pictures? A picture of the end of a round?

 

Hes also in MD, shagbark is only in western md.. Im going with maple still.