help id hardwood

[sajnaj]

i came across a dead hardwood that was all ready on the ground i have no idea what kind of wood it is but it gave my splitter one hell of a work out and is heavy ass all can be. and i got a whole lot of it for free. here are some pics.

 

[Iron Mike]

White oak

 

[lone wolf]

Looks like it but one pic on the left looks like maple.

 

[Alan Smith]

beech i think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_grandifolia

 

[woodhounder]

cherry?

 

[rmount]

Oak

Good find, great price, lots of fires there!

 

[valekbrothers]

White oak

I can't tell what it is from the pictures, but the picture of the bark tells me it is NOT white oak..

 

[valekbrothers]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_grandifolia

That's what I was kinda thinking of......

 

[Iron Mike]

White oak...bark looks like that on young trees and limb wood.

 

[woodcutter69]

i know i cant offer much help, but it looks like a cross between honey locust and oak. The bark looks like honey locust and the split pieces look like oak, except the one piece looks like honey locust when split.

 

[J.W Younger]

Looks like some good firewood,sum kinda oak i think.

 

[trost66]

Looks like red oak. Did it smell kinda funny

 

[Tim in NY]

I agree - sure looks like red oak, especially the picture of the bark. The first picture with the bit of dead white wood at the edge also looks like many oak logs I've cut.

Tim

 

[Tofurkey]

wood looks like mulberry to me but the bark doesn't seem right.

 

[sajnaj]

it did smell a little funky but the guy stated it had been dead for 2 years and standing

 

[trost66]

Usually red oak smell kinda funny when it is wet. It doesn't really dry out though until it is split. I've split alot of big oak logs that been laying for 7 or 8 yrs and when you cut them up they are just as wet then as they were when I first cut them down. I think the bark looks just like red oak.

 

[craddock]

It is oak for sure. I am not just sure wheather it si red or white but it is oak.

 

[taylor6400]

It is oak for sure. I am not just sure wheather it si red or white but it is oak.

I tend to agree...i dont think Beech because the bark on Beech is usually not broke at all...just completely smooth and silver.

 

[Alan Smith]

not oak looks likrs beech that is old and laying a round

 

[giXXer]

Doesn't look like the beech that I typically cut, very different bark and certainly different grain. Looks identical to the 2 oaks that I recently cut (I cheat, I look at the leaves...I am assuming that since this tree was dead for 2 years there aren't any leaves anymore).