The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[KZ1000]

forsythia?View attachment 119756

No, they don't flower like that and get pretty tall. Thought maybe Russian Olive family.

 

[Fish]

Russian!!!?????

 

[KZ1000]

 

[Woodrow]

What kind of wood do I have here? Scrounged from my honey hole and really don't know what it is.

 

[Coltont]

What kind of wood do I have here? Scrounged from my honey hole and really don't know what it is.View attachment 122439

Silver maple

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[Woodrow]

Silver maple

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Thanks. i kinda figured it was a maple of some kind.

 

[Ron660]

What kind of wood do I have here? Scrounged from my honey hole and really don't know what it is.View attachment 122439

White Oak

 

[Coltont]

White Oak

You should have your eyes examined.

 

[Hedgerow]

Yeah..
That’s a maple big as *s-word.

Them are big rounds. The gray scale bark is wide, but seems tighter due to the pic perspective.

 

[Ron660]

Lots of white oak leaves on the ground. Could be from a nearby white oak.

 

[Lone Wolf]

You should have your eyes examined.

He was looking at the Oak leaves on the ground I suspect.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Silver Maple.

 

[Ron660]

You should have your eyes examined.

My wife tells me all the time I need glasses. I am using readers from Dollar tree.....1x for $1.
ID'ing bark/wood is a lot harder than ID'ing leaves. That's what I get for taking Forestry in the Fall semester.

 

[jakethesnake]

I can tell better in person. Pictures make things hard

 

[Lone Wolf]

I can tell better in person. Pictures make things hard

You aint kiddin man!

 

[RI Chevy]

I just cut it. I don't care, as long as it's hard wood. Lol

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Silver Maple.

What he said!

 

[Ron660]

I just cut it. I don't care, as long as it's hard wood. Lol

I agree 100%. I'd go with my Dad, as a Kid, to cut firewood. Usually an early, cold, Saturday morning. I'd ask my Dad what kind of tree is that. He'd say the burning kind. He knew enough to make it work. I broke a few wood axe/maul handles learning to split wood. Red Oak was easy to split green.

 

[Coltont]

My wife tells me all the time I need glasses. I am using readers from Dollar tree.....1x for $1.
ID'ing bark/wood is a lot harder than ID'ing leaves. That's what I get for taking Forestry in the Fall semester.

I suggest you don't waste time on learning leaves. That is useless in the winter. Learn trees by bark, structure, shape and buds. They don't change throughout the year.

 

[Ron660]

I suggest you don't waste time on learning leaves. That is useless in the winter. Learn trees by bark, structure, shape and buds. They don't change throughout the year.

I agree. I use to know my leaves fairly well. But I agree with improving your knowledge on identifying trees other than leaves.
I learned a lot from an intern I did with the US Forest Service. An old-timer taught me more than my professor.
I might post a few odd-ball hardwood trees that old-timer helped with from a nearby National Forest and see if someone can ID them.