Wood ID help

[ReggieT]

Hey Guys,

Got bored and broke out the 025 & 034 and did some wood scrounging. Cut some blow down Red Oak and another tree...I need your help identifying. Is it Beech, Elm, Silver Maple...?
It was a heck of a lot easier to cut & much lighter to load than the smaller chunks of Red Oak!
The last pic is the Red Oak blow down...

Thanks,
Reg

 

[lone wolf]

Maple I suppose.

 

[Cheesecutter]

I'll go with silver maple.

 

[lone wolf]

I'll go with silver maple.

Or Red Swamp Maple. not sure.

 

[Herd8497]

Looks like maple

 

[Moondog'sTavern]

Tree of Heaven?

 

[woodchipper95]

Tree of Heaven?

No way.

 

[stihly dan]

Absolutely red maple. No question.

 

[1project2many]

Red Maple is extremely common here and that tree would be a pretty simple ID. Chalk Maple is originally a southern tree but I've run into a few in western MA and CT. Leaves are good indicators for Maples. But in this case I'd go with Red Maple. Red and Chalk Maple look similar when young but somewhere around 6-8" around Red Maple often starts to develop checks in the bark while Chalk Maple texture shows as thin ridges. Also, hard to tell sometimes but Chalk Maple bark becomes white or lighter with age and the tree is smaller overall. I think the dark heartwood showing in the branches is the real indicator. One other tell might be whether the branches are fairly straight or not. Red Maple branches seem to have plenty of "elbows" as they grow, Chalk Maple that I've seen seems to be straighter.

 

[esshup]

Another vote for Red Maple

 

[haveawoody]

Red maple.
6 months or less to fully cured, decent firewood for either side of the real nasty cold times.

 

[CTYank]

Red Maple is extremely common here and that tree would be a pretty simple ID. Chalk Maple is originally a southern tree but I've run into a few in western MA and CT. Leaves are good indicators for Maples. But in this case I'd go with Red Maple. Red and Chalk Maple look similar when young but somewhere around 6-8" around Red Maple often starts to develop checks in the bark while Chalk Maple texture shows as thin ridges. Also, hard to tell sometimes but Chalk Maple bark becomes white or lighter with age and the tree is smaller overall. I think the dark heartwood showing in the branches is the real indicator. One other tell might be whether the branches are fairly straight or not. Red Maple branches seem to have plenty of "elbows" as they grow, Chalk Maple that I've seen seems to be straighter.

What other name does "chalk" maple go by? Never heard of it. Never seen any mention of such before.

Red maple is very good kindling/shoulder-season wood.

 

[unclemoustache]

It's not silver maple. I've never seen red maple before, but lots of silver.

 

[mainewoods]

Chalk maple is a sub species of sugar maple ( southern variation) according to the experts. Never heard of it either.

 

[Woody912]

Hey Guys,

Got bored and broke out the 025 & 034 and did some wood scrounging. Cut some blow down Red Oak and another tree...I need your help identifying. Is it Beech, Elm, Silver Maple...?
It was a heck of a lot easier to cut & much lighter to load than the smaller chunks of Red Oak!
The last pic is the Red Oak blow down...

Thanks,
Reg
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Not certain I am buying your id on that red oak although it may be an oak that resides on the red side of the family!

 

[7hpjim]

I'll go with silver maple.

+! vote on silver maple

 

[7hpjim]

 

[ReggieT]

Not certain I am buying your id on that red oak although it may be an oak that resides on the red side of the family!

Hahaha...you are correct Sir Woody...that would be the afore mentioned..."Red Oak!"

 

[Hinerman]

It's not silver maple. I've never seen red maple before, but lots of silver.

Same here...definitely not silver maple.

 

[Hinerman]

Are my eyes playing tricks on me? The bark almost looks like hackberry in the first three pics.