The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[RI Chevy]

Wow. Interesting. TY

 

[hseII]

Water oaks grow fast? The cut showing the growth rings looked like tree grew fast.

Yesp


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[CrystalRiver1]

Not elm, I'm leaning towards pin oak. Got any more pictures of the bark?

Nope, sure wish I did.
Went by to check it out, but the place was crawling with cops...city, county, troopers!!!
I decided to keep it moving!

 

[RI Chevy]

What is this wood? Black Cherry, Black Birch, or a hybrid???
Bark is part Birch, part Cherry.
Splits like Birch, smells like cherry inside.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

What is this wood? Black Cherry, Black Birch, or a hybrid???
Bark is part Birch, part Cherry.
Splits like Birch, smells like cherry inside.

Wow!!
I'm stumped.

 

[Coltont]

What is this wood? Black Cherry, Black Birch, or a hybrid???
Bark is part Birch, part Cherry.
Splits like Birch, smells like cherry inside.

Yep black cherry. Burns good, just dosent coal up like other hardwoods.

 

[RI Chevy]

The black cherry have that scaley birch type bark on it too Colton?

 

[Coltont]

The black cherry have that scaley birch type bark on it too Colton?

Yep. Likely it's a young tree or one growing with a lot of vigor.

 

[RI Chevy]

TY Colton.

 

[Ontario Firewood Resource]

Any idea, thoughts, or experience with this?
Sweetgum or Elm?

Doesnt look like elm to me, but the picture in the post above looks like dried up elm. No sweet gum in Ontario

 

[hseII]

Doesnt look like elm to me, but the picture in the post above looks like dried up elm. No sweet gum in Ontario

It’s a Water Oak.


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[Coltont]

It’s a Water Oak.


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They sorta like a pin oak?

 

[hseII]

They sorta like a pin oak?

I believe we don’t get Pin Oak & y’all don’t get water Oak.

Water Oak- Quercus nigra

https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=QUNI

Pin Oak- Quercus palustris Münchh

https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=QUPA2


If you zoom in on the Pin Oak it seems it Peters out & WO takes its place.

They are similar but not exactly the same.

I remember My grandfather once said it makes great trailer flooring but we always just cut white oak for that.

Normally when we take one down it’s a yard tree that’s gotten too big & it all becomes firewood. Very nice when dried.





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[Nutball]

The bark is easily crushed relative to other tree bark. The wood is a yellowish, not Osage yellow, sort of a dirty yellow. Strong odor, pleasant in my opinion. The wood is somewhat light weight and easily rots in the center. Splits good and straight, easy to split.

 

[wcorey]

The bark is easily crushed relative to other tree bark. The wood is a yellowish, not Osage yellow, sort of a dirty yellow. Strong odor, pleasant in my opinion. The wood is somewhat light weight and easily rots in the center. Splits good and straight, easy to split.

Butternut?

 

[wcorey]

Here's a strange one, been down a while, no bark. 'Bout as twisted of grain as I've ever seen, like a corkscrew, wouldn't want to try splitting it...

 

[Louie B]

The bark is easily crushed relative to other tree bark. The wood is a yellowish, not Osage yellow, sort of a dirty yellow. Strong odor, pleasant in my opinion. The wood is somewhat light weight and easily rots in the center. Splits good and straight, easy to split.

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sassafras possibly

 

[Coltont]

The bark is easily crushed relative to other tree bark. The wood is a yellowish, not Osage yellow, sort of a dirty yellow. Strong odor, pleasant in my opinion. The wood is somewhat light weight and easily rots in the center. Splits good and straight, easy to split.

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Sassafras 100 percent

 

[Rob Stafari]

Sassafras smells so good when cutting it. Makes for an interesting smoking wood. Almost a root beer like aftertaste in the meat.

 

[Nutball]

I've smoked with a similar yellowish straight grained wood, different bark I think, and it tasted like herbs, like Italian seasoning almost.