I now agree too, that the latest pics are elm. The 3rd pic in the original group still looks like sassafras to me though... Are these from the same tree?
Now the second isn't as easy to identify, can't be 100% positive, but with that orange(ish) color of the inner bark I'd say Eastern Black Oak, or more commonly just Black Oak, or sometimes it's called Dyer's Oak. Black Oak is in the Red Oak family, it will often have more than one type of leaf on it... some resembling Red Oak, others like Bur oak, and some like English Oak.
The first one is positively American Elm. Normally extremely stringy ad hard to split. The reason it split relatively easy and straight grained for you is because the wood fibers have weakened from the beginnings of rot. You've caught it just in time, one more year and it probably would be about worthless... but as you cut and split, you may still find some sections that will fight your splitting maul.
It seems we may have a consensus -- American Elm. Given I will likely not burn until next season or even the following is it worth the effort to harvest only to discover it is saw dust when I go to burn?
I did grab some larger pieces from the same trunk section and they were a bit tougher to split by hand, but not un-splittable.
As for the second -- what additional information can I offer to confirm the species of wood? There is an abundance of wood in another area of the property that is ready to burn (RTB) or near RTB and would rather not mess with an unknown. Now if I were into turning / carving, that may be worth pursuing.
I now agree too, that the latest pics are elm. The 3rd pic in the original group still looks like sassafras to me though... Are these from the same tree?
. 3rd photo in original post is still Black Locust and will always be BLACK LOCUST!
I have cut and burned LOTS of black locust, and I have to say that does NOT look like any black locust I've seen. Sorry!
I had my doubts as well -- it does not match the black locust in the Wood Reference sticky. I am leaning to black walnut.
Anybody know any carvers / turners in the Detroit metro area?
It'd be nice if you could get more pics of it.
Here's some Walnut.
One thing I don't see in your photo is much of a Cambium layer.
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