The Wood ID Thread ( or name this wood type )

[Woodpecker]

We have black cherry here but it typically has quite red inner wood and completely different bark, guy who house it was seemed to be certain it was Birch.

Yeah that’s not black cherry. There are many different types of cherry though.

 

[Woodslasher]

Yeah just about any dead hardwood I reckon. I’m thinking something in the PNW. I dunno what maple is like. Cut dead coast live oaks last summer, more this summer. As hard or harder than Euc. A couple recently dead ones were tough, like mesquite. Smelled like beer, fermented.

The local maple is very soft, but dry madrone would be just as good as dry eucalyptus I'd say.

 

[jcarlberg]

Took me some time to ID this:

 

[Ronaldo]

Took me some time to ID this:
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American Elm

 

[huskihl]

American Elm

That’s what I had

 

[jcarlberg]

American Elm

No Sir.

 

[jakethesnake]

Thought it was elm too. Maple

 

[Woodpecker]

Took me some time to ID this:
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Looks like some well past its prime Manetoba maple eh

 

[jcarlberg]

Looks like some well past its prime Manetoba maple eh

No Sir; although we do have that ‘round these parts.

 

[JimBear]

It sure looks like some punky azz firewood to me.. So is the correct answer firewood ???

I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night & am not real familiar with the trees in Canukistan but I will throw out some type of Birch.

 

[Hoser]

Id say it’s lever wood because I’d lever where ya found it

 

[jcarlberg]

Id say it’s lever wood because I’d lever where ya found it

It doesn’t look great but it is excellent. Very heavy, dense wood.

 

[farminkarman]

It doesn’t look great but it is excellent. Very heavy, dense wood.

Well, WTH is it?

 

[jcarlberg]

Well, WTH is it?

Hackberry!

 

[TNason01]

This is some kind of Australian Hardwood, ironbark maybe? But it wasn't too difficult to split.

 

[Woodpecker]

Hackberry!

With bark that would have been an easy id