Please ID wood.

[chris-mcpherson]

I was told what it is supposed to be but, I'd like your opinion since I'm not familier with wood species ID.

 

[ikessky]

My first thought was soft maple. Then again, it looks a little like the immature white ash that we have around here.

 

[golfandwoodnut]

I would say Hickory.

 

[smokinj]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

 

[chris-mcpherson]

Good... that's what I paid for. The oak is for the house and hickory for the smoker.

 

[wooddope]

These pics were very nicely done BTW

 

[chris-mcpherson]

Thank you.

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

Young Shagbark....good stuff.......just look at how close those growth rings are....

WoodButcher

 

[chris-mcpherson]

I'll be going to get another 1/2 cord of it this weekend.
Like I said... I use this for my smoker. At $170 a cord, it's much cheaper than the $10 a .75 cu ft bag I was buying at HD!

 

[smokinj]

I'll be going to get another 1/2 cord of it this weekend.
Like I said... I use this for my smoker. At $170 a cord, it's much cheaper than the $10 a .75 cu ft bag I was buying at HD!

Yes and getting all hickory thats a good price!

 

[FLINT]

yup, hickory for sure,

I don't think we can id that as shagbark specifically, but they are all good.


where in virginia are you?

 

[CountryBoy19]

Young Shagbark....good stuff.......just look at how close those growth rings are....

WoodButcher

Yup, it looks very much like the bark of a young shagbark (before the segments start to split into scales and peel up).

 

[chris-mcpherson]

Flint... I'm in Goochland Co. just west of Richmond.

Is there any reason NOT to stock up on YOUNG Shagbark Hickory. There's no reason why I should insist on more mature wood is there?

 

[midwestcoast]

Don't see any reason not to stock up just because it's young. Very good wood. The bark of the young won't make a mess like the older scaley bark would.
Curious to know how one would distinguish btwn young Shag & other Hickory based on those photos. All I see is hickory.

 

[JustWood]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

 

[chris-mcpherson]

The bark of the young won't make a mess like the older scaley bark would.

Good point! Bark doesn't make good BBQ.

 

[smokinj]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

+1

 

[CountryBoy19]

The bark of the young won't make a mess like the older scaley bark would.

Good point! Bark doesn't make good BBQ.

But on the same note, more mature should give you a better ratio of hickory wood to bark, and your ratio of heartwood to sapwood should be higher as well. I'm not positive, but I would think the heartwood will give more flavor than sapwood if there is any difference between them. Either way, I think the differences are too small to make a difference so buy it!

 

[chris-mcpherson]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

+1

Pig is my business!

 

[smokinj]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

+1

Pig is my business!

lol Pignut hickory Thats what you have.

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

+1

Pig is my business!

lol Pignut hickory Thats what you have.

I will bet you all that it's young Shagbark

WoodButcher

 

[smokinj]

I would say Hickory.

+1 My first thought aswell.

PIG!

+1

Pig is my business!

lol Pignut hickory Thats what you have.

I will bet you all that it's young Shagbark

WoodButcher

Ok Not sure what or how we will pay but i am all In....lol Now where cutting that frog hair real fine....

 

[bsearcey]

I seriously doubt it is shagbark hickory if it came from anywhere in Central VA. I spend alot of time out in the woods in the piedmont and have seen 1 shagbark tree in 8 years. Further west in the mountains it is alot more common. 99% sure it is pignut.

 

[FLINT]

Chris,

I grew up mostly in Cumberland county - so I know Goochland for sure. Live in Rockingham now, near WV.

Curious to know how one would distinguish btwn young Shag & other Hickory based on those photos. All I see is hickory.

based on those photos, you can't

I think a lot of people on this forum are from the upper mid west area where shagbark may be more common, so I think that is what many guess by default. I run across way more pignut and mockernut hickory than shagbark - but on a tree that young, I couldn't wager a guess based only on the bark.

 

[JustWood]

Small rounds split in half may be a young tree or top branch wood.
Pic of split standing on end has 30-40 growth rings in sap wood alone. Old tree.
Eye still say PIG.