Need help identifying this log!! 🪵

[rakerhead50]

I cannot identify what type of tree this is. My phone will not identify it either. Can anyone tell me what it is? The bark is pretty thick (about 2 inches) and rough. It appears to be like walnut bark, but there is no dark center as you can see. The wood looks similar to silver maple wood and seems pretty hard.

 

[irhunter]

Leaf picture?

 

[Slicksty6]

Looks like ash

 

[rakerhead50]

Leaf picture?

Unfortunately there were no leaves left on the tree. It was dead. I was told by a tree service expert that it looks like a large white ash. Sadly it had several small tunnels in it with large white larvae/grub worm looking things. The wood is still solid and good, but my guess is the emerald ash borer killed this tree.

 

[irhunter]

I agree that it looks like ash. But, I have been fooled before by ash-looking bark on other-than-ash trees.

If you make it into firewood...ash splits super easy.

 

[Lightning Performance]

I cannot identify what type of tree this is. My phone will not identify it either. Can anyone tell me what it is? The bark is pretty thick (about 2 inches) and rough. It appears to be like walnut bark, but there is no dark center as you can see. The wood looks similar to silver maple wood and seems pretty hard.

Peel the bark and take more pics. We need more info.

 

[Woody912]

I cannot identify what type of tree this is. My phone will not identify it either. Can anyone tell me what it is? The bark is pretty thick (about 2 inches) and rough. It appears to be like walnut bark, but there is no dark center as you can see. The wood looks similar to silver maple wood and seems pretty hard.

Looks like ash. If it has serpentine tracks underneath the bark from EAB it is almost definitely ash

 

[JohnTree24]

maybe speak to a proper arborist in future that's what I did when I was unsure about the trees in my garden as I wanted to make sure i took proper car of them, I worked with morris brown arborist!

 

[pdqdl]

I'd bet on ash. Why is it important to know what the tree variety is?

If you wish to raise the confidence level, find some of the twigs and see if they have opposite branching.

 

[Bubster]

Very dead white ash, you caught it while it still burns good though.

 

[Oletrapper]

I'd bet on ash. Why is it important to know what the tree variety is?

If you wish to raise the confidence level, find some of the twigs and see if they have opposite branching.

"find some of the twigs and see if they have opposite branching."
Post him some pics PD. Some will not understand "opposite branching" jmho OT

 

[Oletrapper]

maybe speak to a proper arborist in future that's what I did when I was unsure about the trees in my garden as I wanted to make sure i took proper car of them, I worked with morris brown arborist!

Would you be suggesting that there are improper arborists? lol OT

 

[Glad2BNico]

This is something I've been working on, tree ID by logs only. As a newbie woodcutter scrounging through my City's public compost area, I've been using the plantnet app, It lets me take a pic of the bark, and gives me several matching options, based on my region. Not foolproof, but helpful! If anyone else has tips on how to better recognize trees by their bark, I'm all ears.

 

[pdqdl]

"find some of the twigs and see if they have opposite branching."
Post him some pics PD. Some will not understand "opposite branching" jmho OT

Google search "opposite branching"

 

[dboyd351]

The PictureThis app is also useful. Also not accurate 100% of the time, but generally pretty good and often when it is wrong it is obvious that it is wrong.
Use 2 apps and see if they concur.