The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[Dougbert]

Looks like a Laurel oak or Darlington Oak. My Dad and I used to collect acorns when we traveled to visit family in the fall. We'd plant them in pots and if they sprouted and survived he'd set them out. His property had a few oaks when they bought it around '71. Now those oaks we planted are 50' and pushing 24" in some cases. One or two are Darlington Oaks from acorns collected in Darlington, SC where my Dad grew up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_hemisphaerica

 

[CrystalRiver1]

A co-worker of my brother has this for free and believes its hickory.
What say ye guys.
Kinda favors pecan or red oak...

 

[RI Chevy]

Looks like Hickory go my. Silvery colored bark.
And that hard center core.

 

[Nutball]

Pecan is related to hickory, looks like some sort of hickory

 

[dahmer]

The only hickory around here is shag bark and that ain’t it.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

I didn't think it was shaggy, hopefully it pig or mockernut.
I picked up 3 massive splits of shaggy for my smoker last week(green) for $3.00...the 3 weigh about 15-18 lbs each!

 

[dahmer]

I need hickory for the smoker I just walk into the backyard and pick up branches. Sometimes you don’t realize how good you have it.

 

[Ron660]

A co-worker of my brother has this for free and believes its hickory.
What say ye guys.
Kinda favors pecan or red oak...
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Any leaves?

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Pecan is related to hickory, looks like some sort of hickory

Yes sir it sure is.
I'm sitting on a decent supply of pecan green & seasoned.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Any leaves?

Only have the pic to go by...can't zoom in enough to tell.

 

[Ron660]

A co-worker of my brother has this for free and believes its hickory.
What say ye guys.
Kinda favors pecan or red oak...
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Looks like a type of red oak. If I had a better pic of the leaves I could tell what type.

 

[Ron660]

A co-worker of my brother has this for free and believes its hickory.
What say ye guys.
Kinda favors pecan or red oak...
View attachment 251531

Do you still have that small limb with leaves on it that's in the back of your truck?

 

[Nutball]

It looked a little shaggy in the pictures, but there are 3-4 kinds of shag bark, and then some hickories that have similar patterns without the bark peeling. Definitely not oak from what I can see. Lookalikes would be silver maple, if you are not experienced in seeing both kinds of wood, due to the way the bark and wood looks as they rot similarly.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Do you still have that small limb with leaves on it that's in the back of your truck?

That's not my truck that the guy who's giving it to me...he just sent the pic for reference and research sake.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

***UPDATE***
Just picked it up...here are
some close up pics.
Looks like pecan by the nuts and bark.
Any other opinions?

 

[jed1124]

***UPDATE***
Just picked it up...here are
some close up pics.
Looks like pecan by the nuts and bark.
Any other opinions?
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Pignut Hickory

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Never seen a hickory nut so closely resemble a pecan...yet here it is!

 

[RI Chevy]

Can they be eaten?

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Can they be eaten?

Shagbark is supposedly pretty good...the others I've heard are less than desirable.

 

[jed1124]

Shagbark nuts are quite good although the meats are small.
I know pignut and bitternut are no good, not sure about mockernut.