what wood is this?
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Oak of the red variety.
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
Definitely looks like shag on the outside, but the split wood screams red oak. Would be way stringier if it were shag. There should also be an odor that leaves little doubt.
zogger
Tree Freak
oak du rouge
Maybe:
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Remember this: Oaks hybridize.
Maybe even Bastard Oak. Look it up. I've a few on the property and the bark looks like what you've got.
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Remember this: Oaks hybridize.
Maybe even Bastard Oak. Look it up. I've a few on the property and the bark looks like what you've got.
bark looks more white oakish to me, can you see transport vessels in the end grain like red oak or is it closed?
This...
Bark looks close to white oak. It pretty thick though.
http://www.portraitoftheearth.com/trees/whiteoak.html
http://www.portraitoftheearth.com/trees/whiteoak.html
Fred Wright
Addicted to ArboristSite
The bark reminds me of pin oak. Haven't worked up much hickory in my time so can't say it ain't hick'ry... but it does resemble red oak.
Man, that is beautiful looking wood......
Swamp white oak. Bark looks right, but end grain does not...no rays... Splits say oak to me.
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
Have you split your hickory yet? If it's like the hickory around here no way it'll split that cleanly!
Nope..and I'm no expert on Hickory as I've maybe burned 2-3 cords in the 20+ years of firewooding. To tell the truth I was just comparing pictures and thought the bark looked very simalar, maybe it splits better when cold outside?
where are you located at? just wondering like what state?
transport vessles? do you have a pic of what they look like?
midwest_170
ArboristSite Operative
It's NOT shag bark hickory. The bark on shag bark is not nearly that tight and there's no way you just slab it off with an axe like that.
Once in a Blue Moon I'll get a Hickory that will split OK with an ax. Usually, I put a piece of 2X6 on the foot of my splitter so it will pinch the last stringy piece off, Joe.
N/E Georgia.
