ID this wood for my brother!

[blacklocst]

Well... it ain't elm,
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Cottonwood?

 

[OH_Varmntr]

Well... it ain't elm, and none of the others possibilities mentioned (including the persimmon from me) grow where I live.
I know when to quit... and that would be right now.
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I would have bet money on it! Learn something new every day.

 

[jrider]

Bark does look like persimmon but the few that I've cut had darker heart wood.

 

[Hedgerow]

Bark does look like persimmon but the few that I've cut had darker heart wood.

Correct... Persimmon bark looks like that, but the sample rounds are missing the ebony in the center.
It's a Gum tree... Some call it sweet gum, some Black Gum...

 

[stumpy75]

I'll now go with Hedgerow and say Black Gum or Tupelo, as it's known in my area. I wondered about the not so dark heartwood... As Spidey said, I don't see much of either in my area.

 

[Hedgerow]

I'll now go with Hedgerow and say Black Gum or Tupelo, as it's known in my area. I wondered about the not so dark heartwood... As Spidey said, I don't see much of either in my area.

I had a whole thread on some Persimmon complete with Pictures.....

But they gone.....
Pics just funny looking symbols now...

 

[playback]

Brother found another tree like it nearby that's still standing/alive.

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[Hedgerow]

Ain't seein' no persimmons...
Soooo.....

 

[Rudedog]

That's gum.