Another, whats this wood???

[fourfivefour]

I picked this wood up last week. I have no clue what it is?
It was around 24", split easily on the splitter, smells bad like Willow.
The bark reminds me of pineapple skin.................454

 

[Wet1]

It looks like the ugly pine in front of my house.

 

[stihl sawing]

I don't know but that last pic shows some beautiful grain in it.

 

[Jon E]

Bark sure looks like aspen/poplar to me. Not tulip poplar, but aspen, I guess.

Was the tree dead before it was cut down? It looks like it might have a bit of rot and/or spalting starting in it.

 

[fourfivefour]

I pick the wood up at the dump so I don't know if it was dead or not.
There wasn't any rot in the 8' trunk I cut up.
I'm guessing it was alive by the amount of moisture in the wood..........454

 

[jcrenfrow]

Not sure what it is but I have had some in the past and u can smell the stinky stuff 20 yards away.

 

[pacman]

Looks like magnolia a lil bit to me.

 

[AIM]

I don't know but as stihlsaw says that one pic shows some really nice grain.

Can magnolia get that big? Only magnolias that I see are the 8" diam yard trees.

 

[jburlingham]

Im very new at identifying wood by cut pieces, but Im going to say I think its a bit dark for Poplar.

I would guess maybe Red gum or perhaps Hemlock, but again Im only guessing

 

[woodbooga]

Bark sure looks like aspen/poplar to me. Not tulip poplar, but aspen, I guess.

Was the tree dead before it was cut down? It looks like it might have a bit of rot and/or spalting starting in it.

That was my thought, too.

Question: was there a thin stringy layer between the bark and the sapwood? The poplar I handle has this.

And the grain is consistent, as well as the bark.

In addition, as noted earlier, poplar has a rather - eh - distinctive fragrance.

 

[Coldfront]

My guess also is Poplar smooth bark and kind of stinky. Cut it, split it, let it dry, and burn it! Free wood is good wood.

 

[FELLNORTH]

Look Like Poplar, But Darker????

 

[itn]

almost looks like from a tulip tree.

 

[biggen0_8]

I've got a tulip poplar in my front yard and a whole yard full of Aspen (popple) in my backyard and that really doesn't look like either one. Not sure what it is, but just doesn't look like either one of those to me.

 

[brisawyer]

Im just guessing.. Birch

 

[Andyshine77]

I'm not a 100% sure what it is, but it's not Tulip or poplar. The growth rings are much to small for it to be any Poplar I've seen. I'm thinking sassafras, but I'm not sure.:dunno:

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Something chewed the bark off those Mulberry logs. Something like the floor of an expanded metal trailer floor. The log on the left side in the second picture has some bark intact that is visible on the underside. The staining or what looks like spault in the ends is moisture running out. The sapwood probably had sticky white sap running out of the other end. It does have some nice grain in it. Beautiful coloring in the wood. When it's cured it'll makes great firewood now.

 

[coog]

I've stayed out of this one so far, but I think that bark is the way God put it on the tree.I did a search for 'Grey Poplar' and the bark looks just the same as the pics, but the lumber is described(like most poplar) as light grey.I think it looks like Mulberry grain and color, too. Someone here must be an arborist in New Jersey who could identify this populus toohardwoodus

what are doing up at 1:39, Ks?

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Not sleeping for one, trying to get sleepy enough to go back to sleep for another.

I held back for quite a while because of the appearance of the bark. Then saw the underside of the round mentioned in Pic #2.

Like I have said before, I don't mind being wrong. It's no big thing. If I'm not sure I will say it to begin with. When I am certain, it will take some convincing to change my mind but I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Wood Scrounge]

Big tooth Aspen or some other Aspen? maybe http://images.google.com/imgres?img...spen&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS298US298&sa=G