Firewood ID help needed...

[ColoradoJim]

Hey all, I'm new here and looking for some assistance in identifying some firewood that I was fortunate enough to obtain. I'm thinking maybe cottonwood or possibly ash, but really have no idea. I never got to see branches or leaves, it was all cut to 6 ft logs when I got to it. Thanks much!

 

[ScottLewis]

The bark does look like ash. The ash around here does not have the dark heartwood. Was it dead standing?

The only ash left around here is dead standing.

 

[ColoradoJim]

The bark does look like ash. The ash around here does not have the dark heartwood. Was it dead standing?

The only ash left around here is dead standing.

Not really sure if it was dead standing or not. By the time I got it, it had been bucked up into 6 ft logs.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

It looks a little stringy how was it to split?

 

[ColoradoJim]

I have a hydraulic splitter, so it all split pretty easy. It is a little stringy, but the only time the splitter hesitated was if I was splitting a forked round.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

I have a hydraulic splitter, so it all split pretty easy. It is a little stringy, but the only time the splitter hesitated was if I was splitting a forked round.

Ok for a second with the darker heart wood and stringy splits my mind wandered towards elm, but then again I have been going to war with some the whole summer so its sort of at the front of my mind.

 

[ColoradoJim]

I feel your pain with the Elm! I split plenty of it in the past (by hand). Made me take my profanity to a whole new level, lol

 

[patrickk222]

I wanna say it looks kinda like a young cottonwood would be my swag guess