Name this wood?

[dnf0929]

A friend of mine emailed this picture thinking I should know what it is. Have to admit I not too good at the wood id stuff yet. Can anybody help? Thanks!

 

[oxbow]

That reddish purple color is distinctive of box elder (AKA ash-leafed maple).

 

[rguseman]

I have some willow that has darker heartwood and almost white sapwood like that. However, I am no expert. Just a desk jockey who enjoys firewood.

 

[myzamboni]

Steve.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Box elder. It's rated near the bottom of all "hardwoods" in heat content per cord. Once dry, it's about the same density as dry willow or basswood, and these are all perhaps a step above balsa. Some lathe turners like the vivid colors.

As it dries, it emits a heck of an odor that nauseates some people. Maybe that's what attracts the box elder bugs to it:

 

[limelakephoto]

Cedar and I would name it "AL", after my good buddy AL BUNDY

 

[Hlakegollum]

One on the right looks like tulip popular (yellow popular).

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Sorry, couldn't resist!

How does George sound? :greenchainsaw:

I have no idea...

Dan

 

[Joshlaugh]

With that heartwood I would say boxelder too. I just split and stacked a good bunch of it. It was a bear to split by hand, and I wouldn't have thought so considering its btu's

 

[puds]

box elder for sure. We have so much of that stuff around here on the fence lines it is valued more like a weed then a tree.

 

[TreePointer]

Boxelder. Here's some I cut last month:

 

[dustytools]

Box Elder.

 

[thejdman04]

Box elder.

 

[oxbow]

box elder

I made this wooden box from box elder (the trim is white birch). Unfortunately, the red and purples will turn to brown as time goes by, even with a finish that blocks UV.

 

[TreePointer]

I made this wooden box from box elder (the trim is white birch). Unfortunately, the red and purples will turn to brown as time goes by, even with a finish that blocks UV.

That's a handsome box. Almost looks like you made it with slabs of marble. Nice work!