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Have a few more elm id's to verify. I've been cutting alot of the stuff lately and want to make sure I know what I'm looking at. The first 2 pics is of a Slippery (red) elm and the second is an American elm....I think. With the slippery elm,is the outer white ring a pretty common thing to look for? This wood splits pretty easy and has the cat pee smell. Reddish brown when split. Sounds like the red elm will be prime firewood.
The second set of 3 pics is American elm I believe. I would not even bother to ask-except it splits pretty easy by hand but it's been sitting in rounds for about 3 years. Maybe that's why. I've always heard it's very tough to split. It does have the bark with creamy white layers so I'm confident it's American elm. Any chance another wood type has the creamy white layers in the bark?
It's really great to now be able to look at a wood pile and know what I'm dealing with because of what I've learned on this board. Thanks
The second set of 3 pics is American elm I believe. I would not even bother to ask-except it splits pretty easy by hand but it's been sitting in rounds for about 3 years. Maybe that's why. I've always heard it's very tough to split. It does have the bark with creamy white layers so I'm confident it's American elm. Any chance another wood type has the creamy white layers in the bark?
It's really great to now be able to look at a wood pile and know what I'm dealing with because of what I've learned on this board. Thanks
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