What Is This Tree

[WOODBUTCHER]

Here is another shot of the trunk of the mystery tree.

Indeed I see Shagbark too the Left
Looks like Elm species on the right to me.

I can tell ya that your samples are not:
Pignut Hickory
It's most defiantly not White Oak or Hard Maple.

Shagbark Nuts are Huge
Pignut are 1/3 the size

Look for leaves on the ground. C'mon we are waiting..........

I have a Sugar Maple Sample somewhere...............


WoodButcher

 

[nrford]

Here is another shot of the trunk of the mystery tree.

Indeed I see Shagbark too the Left
Looks like Elm species on the right to me.

I can tell ya that your samples are not:
Pignut Hickory
It's most defiantly not White Oak or Hard Maple.

Shagbark Nuts are Huge
Pignut are 1/3 the size

Look for leaves on the ground. C'mon we are waiting..........

I have a Sugar Maple Sample somewhere...............

Your wrong Sir!


WoodButcher

 

[Normande]

the bark looks like what we used to call russian Elm or quacking elm and its dead get it cut and split major BTU's

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

Here is another shot of the trunk of the mystery tree.

Indeed I see Shagbark too the Left
Looks like Elm species on the right to me.

I can tell ya that your samples are not:
Pignut Hickory
It's most defiantly not White Oak or Hard Maple.

Shagbark Nuts are Huge
Pignut are 1/3 the size

Look for leaves on the ground. C'mon we are waiting..........

I have a Sugar Maple Sample somewhere...............

Your wrong Sir!


WoodButcher

Wrong about it not being Sugar/Hard Maple ?
I'll post some pictures this weekend, the bark just doesn't match up.
I still say some sort of Elm species, I've been wrong before.......but learning all these types of wood is interesting.
Especially if I've never put it through my splitter.

WB



WB

 

[benjamin]

I'm taking the hard maple side, but please cut it up already and tell us for sure before somebody gets hurt.

 

[nrford]

I'm taking the hard maple side, but please cut it up already and tell us for sure before somebody gets hurt.

Your a wise man!

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

I'm taking the hard maple side, but please cut it up already and tell us for sure before somebody gets hurt.

Your a wise man!

I have sugar bush all the way up my 400' driveway and the bark looks nothing like Ralph's photos.
His tree is either Elm or a Hybridized Hickory.
But Hickory has much tighter triangular pattern especially for Mockernut (generally)
See my pics of Sugar/Hard Maple both juvenile and adult.

WoodBucther

 

[Woody Stover]

I'm taking the hard maple side, but please cut it up already and tell us for sure before somebody gets hurt.

Your a wise man!

It could get ugly; We need to settle this NOW!

Ralph, you need to get busy with the saw,maul and camera, pronto! :lol:

 

[nrford]

Whatever woodbutcher, I owned a hardwood sawmill in northern mi. for 20 years. I sawed in excess of 2 million board feet of hard maple for 20 years. I have no idea what a fricking h. maple looks like I have bought about 40 million board feet of H maple both standing and in log form I think I know my hard maple. People on this site are just goofy.

 

[Ralphie Boy]

After a lot of looking I've believe this tree to be Blue Ash. It should be out in a few more days so I'll know for sure then.