Wood ID Please

[aw1137]

Could someone please be kind enough to ID the wood in the photos? Location is north eastern PA. Thank you!

 

[bigealta]

IDK

 

[Pinesmoke]

Beech? Down here beech has a darker center.

 

[stoveliker]

Bark is not flat enough for beech imo.
That leaf does look like a beech leaf tho...

 

[stoveliker]

Some hard maple also has dark heart wood (as in not spalting but from the tree itself).

 

[MRD1985]

My first thought before I read the comments was sugar maple/hard maple. I have some sugar maple that looks like that.

 

[all night moe]

Maple indeed. Sugar? I'm not so sure. Bark looks different. Looks like a hard maple.
I'm guessing rock maple. Been a long time since I've seen some.

 

[mpaul]

I’m not an expert at identifying wood species, but the bark and heartwood looks very similar to the Norway Maple I processed a few weeks ago.

 

[patrickk222]

Its more than likely smooth bark hickory aka pignut ..... in my experience in dealin with firewood there have been only a few i can think of off tje top of my head that comes a little close to lookin like yhat theres definitel black/sugar maple, theres black walnut which will be darkerin the middle and more widespread but none the less its most likely pignut hickory oh im also forgettin about sweet n black gum but my guess is still hickory

 

[all night moe]

Its more than likely smooth bark hickory aka pignut ..... in my experience in dealin with firewood there have been only a few i can think of off tje top of my head that comes a little close to lookin like yhat theres definitel black/sugar maple, theres black walnut which will be darkerin the middle and more widespread but none the less its most likely pignut hickory oh im also forgettin about sweet n black gum but my guess is still hickory

Now that you mention it, and with a 2nd look at the splits, I'm leaning towards the pignut.

 

[stoveliker]

The splits don't look very stringy to me?
I have no experience with hickory, but thought it would look more stringy.
Given my inexperience with hickory I may be wrong...

 

[MRD1985]

That’s not pig nut hickory. I have a cord or so of it and the bark looks nothing like that.

 

[all night moe]

That’s not pig nut hickory. I have a cord or so of it and the bark looks nothing like that.

You sure about that?

I have young pignut that the bark does not look like that. I have mature pignut that does.

 

[Murray01]

Any chance you could gather a few leaves, assuming the leaves in the pictures are from the same trees and post a picture of the leaves. Would make identification easier.

 

[MRD1985]

This is the pignut I have.

You sure about that?

I have young pignut that the bark does not look like that. I have mature pignut that does.

This is the pignut I am familiar with and have. Bark is very different.

Edit. It’s possible I’ve put my foot in my mouth, but the second batch of photos bark is very different, but the top could be a possible match.

Second edit. I confused the OPs photos with stove liker’s 🤦🏻‍♂️. It very well could be pignut hickory

Leaves would be the deciding factor.

 

[Dieselhead]

Looks like good stuff. That is all. 😛

 

[all night moe]

Second edit. I confused the OPs photos with stove liker’s 🤦🏻‍♂️.

If it makes you feel better, my post where I took a second look was the same reason as yours. I had though hard maple.
I had doubled back looking at all photos before commenting on maple. LOL

 

[stoveliker]

The other forum (also) converged on hickory.

 

[gzecc]

Think sugar. Taste it!

 

[all night moe]

Taste it!

I did, and it taste like hickory smoked BACON.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Interesting post. The bark and inner wood combo don't remind me of anything.

The bark in the 5th photo did make me say "pignut hickory." And you do have some others saying that.

 

[all night moe]

@hickoryhoarder I was wondering when you'd be around. I hoard it too. My absolute favorite.
Love the shag alone just for the tree itself.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

@hickoryhoarder I was wondering when you'd be around. I hoard it too. My absolute favorite.
Love the shag alone just for the tree itself.

Yeah shagbark hickory is such a cool tree. And the best hickory in the stove too, in my view. Makes a very lively fire.

 

[StihlKicking]

I will get on board with the Hickory crowd.