Wait just a second here. You said you were new to burning wood but you already have a decent saw and splitter, figured out that you don't like splitting elm, loving ash, eyeballing some hickory for your heating and figured out that a open fireplace eats a lot of wood. Are you sure you are a noob? Sounds like an old vet in disguise to me:msp_tongue:
All kidding aside sounds like you got some good advice before you started buying or maybe just grew up around wood burners. Welcome to the site.
Your pics are a bit to small and far away for my taste maybe someone else can help with the id's.
P.S. One little piece of advice about this site. Stay away from the chainsaw threads. Some of the guys over there will have you convinced that your 029/290 is not up to the task and you will be looking to upgrade to a 372, 7900, 361.