I thought this was some type of oak when I picked it up but with as dry as it already is I'm not sure now. Compared to what I have that I know for 100% sure is oak is awfully dry already. I css'd it in April and it's already reading 20 to 22% on big splits I whacked in half. The stuff I know is oak was css'd in march and reads around 40. The last one is just a punky round I hold the tarp with but I know it's all from the same tree.
From my phone that last pic looks to be mulberry, the top not so much. Ain't seen bark that thick on it. Is that wood as yellow as it appears on my cell phone?
I know it isn't mulberry. I have a decent amount of that and it's all turned dark brown. It's tough looking at a phone. I steal the ipad from my wife when it's fhc time. It's to the point where she understands. Here some of my older mulberry.
That's what I thought. I hope so too. I was just surprised at the moisture reading and the sound of it when knocked together. I still wanna keep it one more year so it's prime, but I could mix that in if I need to for this winter.
Could be chinese chestnut. The grain on oak and chestnut can look similar. I have a couple in the yard. Here is a pic of the bark on mine.
It smells like arse. Split easy. Was very punky around the edges when I got it and I chipped that away. I picked it up in the DC neighborhood of Georgetown on a scrounge. Looked similar to the live standing Oaks but I didn't know much about tree ID at that point. I was only a week or so into FHC. The big round is still my chopping block so that is a current picture. I'm baffled.
If it was punky on the outside it could have been most of the way to dry already and just needed a few more months. That round you use for splitting looks more like chestnut oak bark anyway. And the sap wood on chestnut oak seems to go punky fastest of all the oaks.
The thick bark and yellowish color, and bad smell made me think black locust. I like the smell of oak. Not entirely sure if the last pic is the same type as the first 2. But that looks a bit like locust too actually. Was it a little slimy under the bark? Bark real stringy underneath?
Hard to tell from the pics...that white ring and yellow wood make me think BL...unfortunately the pic is not scratch n' sniff..
Chestnut oak, sometimes called rock oak. They are very common around here. I'm not far from georgetown. My yard has a ton of them. I always try and get that thick bark off if I can. Its easier when it dries. Great firewood, its in the white oak family.
It was a little punky around the edges so I split it all off. I kept it all but the bark and I think in will be good kindling.
Got a better look at your pictures again now that I'm on a PC instead of my phone. That's white oak without a doubt. So, x2 on the chestnut oak call, looking at the bark. That's originally what I thought my BL trees were, before I got a look at the leaves - the bark looks very similar.
I got a bunch of chestnut oak a couple years back in a log load, I'm gonna agree with what the others said, chestnut oak or white oak, ya, it may be flat out white oak, but I got some of that an it's rock hard stuff, and looks darker that what you got there.
