The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[chaded]

Before I cut it down, how about this one?

 

[Lone Wolf]

Before I cut it down, how about this one?

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Sour Gum.

 

[chaded]

Gee, this is discouraging. I will admit I wasn’t sure what it was but gum never even entered into my brain. But, I did think an Ash tree was oak so not a whole lot going for me.

I need to figure out how to ID trees if I’m going to be doing this.

 

[RI Chevy]

The leaves make it a bit easier for proper ID.

 

[Ronaldo]

Before I cut it down, how about this one?

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The top and crown look like Oak and the bark certainly looks it, too. Thinking there may even be a couple Oak leaves still hanging on.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Gee, this is discouraging. I will admit I wasn’t sure what it was but gum never even entered into my brain. But, I did think an Ash tree was oak so not a whole lot going for me.

I need to figure out how to ID trees if I’m going to be doing this.

That Oak you think is Ash might be Hickory how does it split?

 

[chaded]

That Oak you think is Ash might be Hickory how does it split?

Splits very easy.

 

[RI Chevy]

I see all oak leaves on the ground there. Was it straight grained?

 

[chaded]

I see all oak leaves on the ground there. Was it straight grained?

I will get an up close picture of a piece but around 167 acres of our 257 is wooded and it contains quite a bit of oaks (probably more than any other single tree). My entire yard is full of oak leaves.

 

[RI Chevy]

LOL. Very acidic too. Nice piece of property you got there!

 

[chaded]

LOL. Very acidic too. Nice piece of property you got there!

There were so many acorns the ground was like it had acorns for carpet. Lol. Lots of deer but they were difficult to pattern because there were so many acorns and we just bought it so im not real familiar yet.

 

[RI Chevy]

Cool. Set up some cameras. Let them do the work for you.

 

[chaded]

Here’s a piece.

 

[RI Chevy]

Still looks like oak to me based on the last photo of the grain.

 

[Coltont]

Here’s a piece.


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Ash. And the standing tree is white oak.

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[chaded]

Im thinking Ash as well. The two photos with just one tree in them are 100% oaks. The bark is different. The picture with two trees in it has the same exact kind of tree in question (on the right) beside a for sure oak (on the left).

 

[Lone Wolf]

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Splits very easy.

Maybe Ash.

 

[RI Chevy]

Ash splits easy? I must be thinking hickory. Is hickory the wood that is a bugger to split?

 

[Lone Wolf]

Ash splits easy? I must be thinking hickory. Is hickory the wood that is a bugger to split?

I don't have much Ash here but I think it splits easy and hick splits hard cause its stringy.

 

[RI Chevy]

OK. I get mixed up between Ash and Hickory. I cut a small Hickory a while ago. About a 12" diameter tree. I couldn't split much of it without multiple swings with my Fiskars X27.
I finally gave up and noodled all of it. The grains held on like steel cables. Lol
But it was clear white wood throughout.