I have come across this wood a couple of times....not sure what it is....anyone? The pics don't show it but it is pretty red on the interior.
clutch25 said:I know it isn't oak....and not sure we have any hickory in this area.... Sorry but there wasn't much bark on it....got it from a brush drop off site just down the road.
benjamin said:C'mon Jay, haven't you seen box elder before?
That first gnarly piece and the red streaks in the center are two signs in favor of box elder, the grain doesn't look it to me though. Did the trees tend to have a lot of smooth green suckers everywhere and grow real gnarly too?
I'm guessing firewood in ND is mostly either cottonwood or box elder?
clutch25 said:Sorry....not boxelder! Passed up on a bunch of that laying there too. This doesn't smell like it and doesn't have the streaks of bright color like boxelder, the color is pretty much all the way through the wood. This is in MN, about 40 miles from ND, but ya in ND there isn't much for trees. For home use I have been lucky enough to find a couple of Ash shelterbelts that are coming down.
Here is some classic boxelder...
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