Could this be ash?

[Khntr85]

There are a few different kind of ash....

 

[lumberjackchef]

If I was a gambling man I would put my money on catalpa it looks identical to many catalpas that I have slabed. Bark looks spot on all well. That smaller limb , not so much ! But they smell sweet while milling and is dark caramel colors when wet or finish is applied. What does it look like wet? Pour a little water over an area and I bet its all caramel with dark variations where the grain differs. Their grain pattern is very similar to ash but all of the ash that I have ever milled has a pronounced difference in color in the heart wood. Catalpa does not ..... your slab also does not appear to have a different coloured heart....

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[lumberjackchef]

Look at the outer edges of the grain patterns........

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[DeckSetter]

If I was a gambling man I would put my money on catalpa it looks identical to many catalpas that I have slabed. Bark looks spot on all well. That smaller limb , not so much ! But they smell sweet while milling and is dark caramel colors when wet or finish is applied. What does it look like wet? Pour a little water over an area and I bet its all caramel with dark variations where the grain differs. Their grain pattern is very similar to ash but all of the ash that I have ever milled has a pronounced difference in color in the heart wood. Catalpa does not ..... your slab also does not appear to have a different coloured heart....

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Definitely wasn't catalpa, I'm convinced it's either walnut or ash. I live on 1.2 acres on the edge of a small town and have a dozen other walnut trees and no other ash (or catalpa), which is why I assumed it was walnut. We've lived here 5 years, and it was standing dead the second year so I really don't have any way of knowing if it ever had walnuts on it.

 

[lumberjackchef]

The only way to know for sure would be the magnification method of the pattern of tyloses on the end grain. Then you would know for sure.!

This is what it will look like if it is ash

This is what the pattern in walnut looksj like..quite different.

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[mountainlake]

After sawing over 2 million bf of lumber I'm still going with black ash, both the lumber and bark on the log. Black ash likes to grow on lower ground around the edges of swamps, rivers or pot holes Steve

 

[Khntr85]

After sawing over 2 million bf of lumber I'm still going with black ash, both the lumber and bark on the log. Black ash likes to grow on lower ground around the edges of swamps, rivers or pot holes Steve

Hey sounds like you know your ash types.... what is the best way to tell the ash species apart.... is there 2 or 3 species of ash???

 

[mountainlake]

Far as I know there is black ash and white ash( which is also called green ash). Steve

 

[DeckSetter]

After sawing over 2 million bf of lumber I'm still going with black ash, both the lumber and bark on the log. Black ash likes to grow on lower ground around the edges of swamps, rivers or pot holes Steve

It was in a very swampy area of the yard, so that could be.

 

[Khntr85]

Far as I know there is black ash and white ash( which is also called green ash). Steve

Hey does the black ash have steeper ridges in the bark.... me and a buddy got abunch if oak a while back, and I could tell it was different by the bark...maybe you can tell what this is in the pics???

 

[mountainlake]

That looks like burr oak, a member of the white oak family,, True white oak has a way finer grayish bark. Steve

 

[dinosaur]

Look at the outer edges of the grain patterns........

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I live in Northern Michigan where the Ash bore Beetle has killed every Ash tree in this state. Looks awfully ashy to me. The grain was my tell.