It was freshly dropped and I split it along with Soft Maple and they split both about the same.
That's the split wood above the bark in the picture.
Bradford pear green is heavy. He said it was light. Bark isn't even one to BP.Kinda looks like Callery (Bradford) Pear bark. The wood certainly splits easily.
Without twigs, branching, and tree shape, a chunk of wood isn't too much to ID a tree with. Leaves and buds, as well as flower parts are always a big help, too.
Cut enough to know what it is. The OP said fresh cut.
I guess I should have provided more information. I cut at an arborist's log yard and this was brought in (just cut) within the last month. I get Bradford Pear's bark mixed up all the time; sometimes I mistake it for Oak (lol). In my limited experience, it just didn't split like BP. Nor did it look like it on the inside either.
I'm beginning to think it may be some type of Maple. I split Soft Maple (silver?) and I love to split it. Only had to let the splitter's wedge go in a couple inches and it was split. This wood split almost the same. Didn't notice the smell. I'll check tomorrow.
No, that's what I thought at first, too. But it 1) doesn't smell like Ash, 2) split way too easy, 3) wasn't stringy, 4) was light in weight, not heavy like Ash and 5) the grain doesn't look anything like Ash. I've cut a fair amount of Ash firewood and this is definitely not it.
it's 100% not silver maple. for sure. silver maple bark is totaly different. when it's small it will be mostly smooth with some long cracks in the bark, and when big the bark forms big almost flakey strips, kind of like white oak, but not really
Yes, it's not Silver Maple. I split some along side this mystery wood and the Maple has a darker sections on the grain. Still white, but dark patches.
