Will somebody please ID this wood

[Rebelduckman]

Stuff splits better by hand than by power. Finished it off today thank God! Now the maple and beech.... it was a breeze

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Ash and Elm look an awful lot alike.

 

[mark cline]

mockernut hickory or american elm too close to call from a picture , leaves would defintely be easier to ID. 2 years of drying ,the hickory would be heavier ,more dense ,more btu

 

[AmarilloSlim]

Im on the hickory band wagon.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Whatever it is, it's 32% on the meter fresh split. Not bad

 

[Woody Stover]

Yea it's fairly weighty

Only fairly? Hickory would be about like lead. That bark pic you posted is a dead ringer, although bark can vary quite a bit within the same species.

I cut some of this a few years ago. It's very wet but dries out to be very light. It's all twisted up inside and splits poorly. Very twisted grain. The bark will look different at different part of the tree. Oak in places, hickory in others. But you will find that it dries quick and is very light and fast burning.It's American Elm.

Well, if you're going to insist, maybe I'm jumping wagons. I've only cut one small American Elm here....lotta Red Elm though. I thought American also had the less deeply-furrowed bark, like the Red. I thought I saw some darker heartwood in the pics but that might be a 'pic illusion'.

Ash and Elm look an awful lot alike.

Similar but usually you'll see more of a 'diamond' pattern in White Ash bark, and the splits look much different in color and texture. I'm not familiar with the other Ashes.

Whatever it is, it's 32% on the meter fresh split. Not bad

Not all that great, either. I wouldn't bank on it for next fall here by any means, but maybe wood dries quicker down there....

 

[Simonkenton]

The bark doesn't look like hickory, but the wood does. If it splits easier by hand than by machine it is not hickory because hickory is tough to split.
Also, as others have said, hickory is about the heaviest wood there is.

 

[wahoowad]

Hickory

 

[neumsky]

Not one guess of Pecan!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Not one guess of Pecan!

Hickory's cousin!!

 

[Rebelduckman]

OK I'm back confused again. I'm just happy it's not gum though. It'll burn at some point. I got plenty more that'll be ready next year

 

[Rebelduckman]

Only fairly? Hickory would be about like lead. That bark pic you posted is a dead ringer, although bark can vary quite a bit within the same species.
Well, if you're going to insist, maybe I'm jumping wagons. I've only cut one small American Elm here....lotta Red Elm though. I thought American also had the less deeply-furrowed bark, like the Red. I thought I saw some darker heartwood in the pics but that might be a 'pic illusion'.
Similar but usually you'll see more of a 'diamond' pattern in White Ash bark, and the splits look much different in color and texture. I'm not familiar with the other Ashes.
Not all that great, either. I wouldn't bank on it for next fall here by any means, but maybe wood dries quicker down there....

It's good compared to the white oak I have. It gets pretty hot down here in the summer so I think it'll be ready sometime next year. If not, I have a backup plan