Steadyj_17
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Could anyone verify for me what they 2 species they could be? I've been told years ago they the one on the left is ironwood but not positive. However do not know the one on the right. Thanks in advance
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The bark on the left looks like ironwood. Split it for better I.D. Ironwood will have light colored (white?) sap wood and red heart wood. & it'll split kind of stringy. And it's pretty heavy wood. Great fuel.
The one on the right, need more than just that bark to look at. End grain shot? split piece?
The one on the right, need more than just that bark to look at. End grain shot? split piece?
Steadyj_17
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Steadyj_17
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Will look real wet sometimes inside
Looks like something I should know, but I can't place it.
Steadyj_17
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That's ok I'm just trying to separate my red oak and ironwood from my load of mixed hardwood. So If I sell any to family this year it will burn for them.
Wild guess Catalpa?
Steadyj_17
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Looks similar but I dont know. I forgot to mention I'm located in eastern Ontario
Is it light east to split and smell funny?
White Oak on the left.
Red Maple on the right.
Red Maple on the right.
It might be White Oak huh? IDK about the other.
Steadyj_17
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Its heavy. Not bad to split on the hydrolic splitter. I'd say yeah kind of a odd smell though maybe.
Steadyj_17
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I know 100 percent neither are oak
IDK maybe Sugar Maple.
Sugar Maple pic its very dense and heavy.
Not to be a smart a$$ but that does not look like sugar maple ( acer saccarum?) to me. More like some of the other maples I see in town but never out in the woods.
need to see the end grain for sure but I do not think oak either
multiple species are called ironwood, this looks a little like hop hornbeam but very large for that species
Steadyj_17
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I was assuming my first pic of the 2 different species that the one on the left was Ostrya Virginiana. But like you mentioned the one on the right i found to be very similar. However still different. They both came from the same load of logs I had delivered this year.
What does it look like to you?
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