Another Wood ID!

[e-d0uble]

Actually, it has virtually no smell at all.. That is - compared to the pile of red oak I have near it on my driveway.. That oak always reeks like rotting apples. Regarding the tulip poplar - Last year my buddy and I dropped a large tulip poplar and couldn't believe how light even the wet rounds were. This stuff is lots heavier than that tulip, but not as heavy as the oak. Also, the tulip had no dark heartwood like this stuff, and its bark was really symmetric-diamond shaped.

 

[makomakoman]

I am pretty sure it is a Poplar, not sure what kind. I have big poplar with that type of heartwood.

But then again, a leaf really would be nice..

 

[Wood Doctor]

Actually, it has virtually no smell at all.. That is - compared to the pile of red oak I have near it on my driveway.. That oak always reeks like rotting apples. Regarding the tulip poplar - Last year my buddy and I dropped a large tulip poplar and couldn't believe how light even the wet rounds were. This stuff is lots heavier than that tulip, but not as heavy as the oak. Also, the tulip had no dark heartwood like this stuff, and its bark was really symmetric-diamond shaped.

If it's not as dense as oak, then it's not hickory. If it splits easily, then its not cottonwood, and your pics show that it's not stringy when split and cottonwood is usually as stringy as most elm varieties, depending somewhat on dryness. The bark does look like cottonwood (compare your Pic to mine).

Excellent mystery wood. Nobody knows what it is. I like posts like this.

 

[frenchy85]

My guess would be yellow poplar.

 

[brisawyer]

Its tulip poplar. I go thru about 20,000 feet of the stuff each month at the sawmill.

 

[J.W Younger]

more like weeping willow.. brownish red inner bark with a black heart. course outer bark, slimy white outer cambium,, all typical of willow!!!

yeah, but the bark dont look like willow

 

[J.W Younger]

if its willow it will pop before the wedge gets to the wide part