Identify Wood Species

[TedyOH]

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I'm with you Tedy. Those growth rings are big.

I'm not familiar with basswood, but tulip poplar in fertile soil near a good water source would look and behave exactly like pictured and described. Lots of tulip poplar in MD.

Yeah we have a lot of it around here as well....its worth processing.....good for shoulder season....the main reason I don't think it's Tulip poplar is a tree that size should have the blue and purple streaks in the heartwood

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[nrford]

Tedy and Ed it's Ash everyday all day...

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Yeah we have a lot of it around here as well....its worth processing.....good for shoulder season....the main reason I don't think it's Tulip poplar is a tree that size should have the blue and purple streaks in the heartwood

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Good point about the color of the heart wood. I've had varying levels of that coloration in different specimens. And it all turns brown in time.

Is basswood hard to split?

 

[TedyOH]

Tedy and Ed it's Ash everyday all day...

Could be green ash or some other ash species in not familiar with.....im just glad ash around hwre is much denser then what OP has posted....hopefully the OP can let us know in the fall if the splits have any weight to them or not.

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[TedyOH]

Good point about the color of the heart wood. I've had varying levels of that coloration in different specimens. And it all turns brown in time.

Is basswood hard to split?

No not really, the ones in the forest where I scrounge behimd my house are big and straight as an arrow....i usually don't mess with larger rounds though as I can be pretty snobby on what I process due to the plentifully beech, hickory, oak, ash and maples that are back there that blow over in storms

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[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Tedy and Ed it's Ash everyday all day...

I like it!

I live by the philosophy, sometimes wrong, never in doubt.

Even if I was there in person, without leaves, it might be hard for me to tell.

But, I enjoy it when someone tells me what's what. I can now rest easy knowing that zaroot has some ash.

 

[Jags]

Yep - with the new pics - its ash.

 

[TedyOH]

I may start a "Bark ID Test" thread with 10 or 12 different tree species from the woods I scrounge in....anyone who gets 100% I'll ship them 4 silver quarters.... About $12 in silver scrap...I have a feeling all of my quarters will be safe....I also have a feeling most would score under 50%.

 

[tsquini]

Ash