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Just cut this up this morning. I think it is oak but unsure what kind? I've cut red oak before but this looks different.

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Not oak. Does look mapleish. Split a piece in half so we can see the inside and get a better bark picture.
 

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Maple is a decent guess. Also the end grain doesn't look all that different than the hickory I have been messing with. Bark looks a little different though.20200322_150958.jpg
 

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Oak has rays and pores in the end grain. White oak pores in the heartwood are filled with tylosis, versus red oak which are hollow. That is what gives the white oak more rot resistance. View attachment 234813
Wow, very interesting but I had to look up what tylosis meant. Even after reading the definition I'm still not sure?
 

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Wow, very interesting but I had to look up what tylosis meant. Even after reading the definition I'm still not sure?

Basically just a for of cellular plant matter that fills the voids in the structure.
 

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Oak has rays and pores in the end grain. White oak pores in the heartwood are filled with tylosis, versus red oak which are hollow. That is what gives the white oak more rot resistance. View attachment 234813
Excellent post! It's also what makes white oak so much stronger and harder. Tyloses is viagra for trees. It aids in the conversion of sapwood to heartwood.

I'd say to me it looks like red maple.
 
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I split a piece & I think it is maple.
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Sure looks like maple split.

I'd have to agree.

Excellent post! It's also what makes white oak so much stronger and harder. Tyloses is viagra for trees. It aids in the conversion of sapwood to heartwood.

I'd say to me it looks like red maple.

Agreed on maple. But not a species I have cut or split. We have a lot of silver maple around here.

I know I have never processed red maple. I "think" I may have one in my yard though.
 

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Agreed on maple. But not a species I have cut or split. We have a lot of silver maple around here.

I know I have never processed red maple. I "think" I may have one in my yard though.

I had no idea till I saw the split. The bark is unlike any maple I've seen around here.
 

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Maple bark can be a tough one, even amongst the same species. The only difference that really matters to me as far as the wood goes is whether it is sugar maple(AKA hard maple, rock maple) or not. From split picture and the little bit of the bark we've seen, I'm leaning towards red, but it could still be sugar. If OP wants to try to flake the bark ridges off with his fingernail. Red maple will flake off relatively easily. Sugar maple bark won't want to budge. As far as look of bark, wood coloring, and even density there is just way too much variance depending on growing conditions even in the same species and some of those features can intersect between them.
 
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