Is This Ash?

[Vangellis]

Sorry, no leaves to show. This stuff is coming from a place where I'm cutting up black cherry tree tops that a logging operation left behind.

There are several of these trees that the tops are broken off, they stand pretty straight up and hardly have any limbs.

There are a couple also that are standing that the bark has just fallen right off.

I hope the pics help.

Thanks for any info.


Kevin

 

[NDtreehugger]

Its hard to say with no bark but I would say not

it drys a bit different
This is this years cut and as it ages it will open more

 

[gink595]

I kinda think it looks like Elm

 

[pacman]

My thought was elm too. The bark seem to always fall off easy .

 

[gink595]

How does it split? Ash splits really easy, Elm not so much PLus the way you described the way the standing dead one look, it really sounds the part of Elm

 

[slabmaster]

Elm would be my guess too.Is it heavy for it's size?

 

[tomtrees58]

I kinda think it looks like Elm

elm ???look at the grain tulip tom trees

 

[gink595]

elm ???look at the grain tulip tom trees

Well thats what I thought because it isn't very stringy, but I have some American Elm in the barn that has split like that also, I'll take some pics later and post

 

[gink595]

Just took these??

 

[Joshlaugh]

I thought elm too by the bark falling off but as others have said the grain doesn't look right. I guess it comes down to how easy it splits.

Josh

 

[Rockland Farm]

I am no expert.But I am leaning towards Tulip as well.The grain looks just like some Tulip I had last year.

 

[NDtreehugger]

It could be Elm

I have had some Elm that would crack open with a good hit from a maul.
I think it was sun bleached red elm here is a chunk I had to keep, makes a nice bench and should last for years.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

The spalting and bark from some pieces tells me Hackberry. Hack doesnt have a thick bark but is very rough and does come off easily once it dries. It may have orange, green, grey or black spalt runing through it. This depends on the algea causing the spalt and the stage it is cut. The bark is grey to charcoal in color and has 'kernels' on it that protrude noticeably.
It does split easily, especially dry or frozen. It will practically pop apart with a sharp axe. I split several 30-40 inch green pieces with just a 4# axe regularly.

I'm voting Hackberry or Sugarberry.

Edit: Wanted to add, it makes good firewood. I would take it over American Elm. And load it along just as quick as any Red Elm, Maple, Birch or Oak

 

[deeker]

I knew a good piece of ash from when I was a teenager.

This wood looks like elm.

Kevin Davis
Ruff Cutts

 

[danrclem]

elm ???look at the grain tulip tom trees

That's what I thought when I first saw the pictures too. It's really hard to say for sure from a computer screen though.

Danny

 

[Vangellis]

OK...I guess it's not ash. LOL
I never heard of tulip trees in these parts, but what do I know. I'd say it split easily by hand with the fiskars super splitter. My neighbor wasn't sure which it was, but felt that it was a hardwood.
I don't think that the bark was that thick. If I get up to the area that these are in tomorrow, I'll try to get some pics of the bark and leaves.
This is like a good detective novel.


Thanks for the opinions guys.


Kevin

 

[huskystihl]

How does it split? Ash splits really easy, Elm not so much PLus the way you described the way the standing dead one look, it really sounds the part of Elm

I don't know what kind of ash your splitting? but we leave it set for at least a year before we even try. Burns good but one of the biggest pains in the a$$ to split

 

[boilerhouse47]

Maple?

Vangellis, from the looks of the grain in the last picture, I would say it is Maple. I just cut a pickup load the other day that had sat for 2 years and the bark fell right off and looked like what you have pictured.
Carl

 

[gink595]

I don't know what kind of ash your splitting?

Likewise, I've never thought the Ash I've split to be a pain, I'm not sure of the species 100% but I'm going to say White Ash.
http://www.aie.org.uk/aie_data/aie_firewood.html

 

[boilerhouse47]

Maple

These are some pictures of the maple I cut and split the other dat. This is the first time I tried to post some pictures and I have a cheap HP camers. Hope they come out OK.
Carl