What kind of wood is this?

[pricey106]

I am new to this forum, and I figured this section would be the best for my question. I am not a professional by any means. Just your regular Joe cutting some wood for a backyard fire pit ( which I use about a full cord in every year) and camping trips ( about a cord or more a weekend). I recently removed some logs from a lot clearing job, and am not sure on what kind of wood I have here. I am hoping hickory. Attached is two good photos. Thanks for any help!

 

[buzz sawyer]

First thought is silver maple or maybe sugar maple. Got any pics of leaves?

 

[pricey106]

No leaves or even twigs on the logs I got, but I'm in good luck because there is a tree that looks just like it near my work parking lot. Now I just have to wait and see to identify by the leaves.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Silver maple.

 

[Herd8497]

On the left of my picture is white Oak. They are limb sections from a 50" DBH tree. To me the bark in my picture and your picture is the same.

Jay

 

[old_soul]

I agree with herd on the white oak

it is definitely not a maple

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[pops21]

I'm going with white oak. I'm sitting here on the computer eating dinner looking at one in the back of my house right now. The bark is 100% the same as the one in your pictures.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Based on bark, could be white oak but the end grain didn't look like it to me. How long ago was that cut made?
What does the split grain look like?

 

[PJM]

The middle log in the first picture has a small sprout on it. How are the bud scars arranged? If they opposite one another, then it is likely silver maple. If not, then I'd lean toward it being white oak as others have said.

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

I'm going to go with maple like the other fellas. Bark looks too smooth and not deep enough to be oak

 

[flushcut]

Silver maple.

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[Sean80]

silver maple

 

[Raintree]

Yep, it's White Oak.

 

[ATH]

White oak.
You can see ring porous wood in the end grain.

 

[ronnyb]

White oak

 

[eat a peach]

White oak

white oak. when it is dry it looks like 2nd pic