Wood id?

[mattdean1003]

Usually im pretty good at identifying wood but I can't put my finger on this. Had a sorta sweet smell when I cut it. Any ideas would be awesome doesn't smell like oak or anything I'm used to.

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[CincyBurner]

The bark (gray, smooth and fluted) in pic #3 looks like hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana (aka blue-beech, muscle-wood, or ironwood) - http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=17
Carpinus makes for good firewood. It's a small tree, but with dense wood that is on par with oak, hickory and the locusts.

 

[nrford]

Hornbeam. AKA Blue beech, AKA Musclewood...

 

[Firefighter938]

Yep, musclewood. Good stuff.

 

[TedyOH]

Just Blue beech, forget the other nicknames

 

[mark cline]

We call it Iron wood

 

[nrford]

We call it Iron wood

In this part of the country Hop Hornbeam is ironwood...

 

[hickoryhoarder]

I agree -- musclewood. I love its common names: blue beech, musclewood, ironwood. In my house we call it muscle beach. Have never had any for firewood.