What kind of tree?

[PoulanInPA]

The dead one, with peeling bark...it's either an ash or poplar, I think. I sure hope its an ash, not a poplar. It's just a matter of time until it comes down. It won't do any harm when it falls, but I'm wondering if I have good firewood or trash wood to deal with in my future. Thanks

 

[old CB]

Looks like ash to me.

 

[djones]

 

[ATH]

My first thought was ash as well.

However, when I zoomed in I am not so sure. I think it is Black oak. There are no obvious EAB galleries (not that ash can't die from other causes...), and the bark looks a little off color and a flatter pattern than ash looking at it closer.

I could easily be talked into "ash", but my answer is Black oak.

 

[PoulanInPA]

A colleague said black oak too! I'd be happy with ash or black oak.

 

[ATH]

It will be easy to tell the difference once it is cut...oak has very obvious rays when looking at the rings. They are not so pronounced in ash.

In this pic (from http://www.wood-database.com/black-oak/ ) the rays are the lines running perpendicular to the rings:

This is ash:

(the ash is quartersawn instead of flatsawn like the oak...so the rings are in not in the same direction in the pictures...but you can still see the prominent rays in oak that are not so obvious in ash.)

 

[milkman]

The bark and the base of the tree does look like Oak to me too.

 

[longbowch]

I agree with oak, but I think red oak.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

+1

 

[ATH]

I agree with oak, but I think red oak.

That certainly is possible. They can look similar, but Black oak has more blocky bark which is why I said that.

 

[ropensaddle]

My first thought was ash as well.

However, when I zoomed in I am not so sure. I think it is Black oak. There are no obvious EAB galleries (not that ash can't die from other causes...), and the bark looks a little off color and a flatter pattern than ash looking at it closer.

I could easily be talked into "ash", but my answer is Black oak.

How are you zooming in ?

 

[ATH]

How are you zooming in ?

Yeah...this forum software is kinda a pain to do that. I right click on the image and select "open image in new tab". That new tab now has a full size image that you can zoom in and out.

(using Windows and Chrome browser).

It is easier to zoom in on a tablet or phone, but then you don't have as big of a screen...

 

[ropensaddle]

I do believe its Quercus deadacus lol, It looks just like our black oaks here but then dead oaks sometimes hard to tell but black oak is in the red oak group.

 

[ropensaddle]

If you can find a twig you know fell off it cut it in half and look at the pith if star shaped you will know its oak!

 

[old CB]

Yeah, with the zoom-in, it's oak. (It sure was not poplar.)

 

[longbowch]

That certainly is possible. They can look similar, but Black oak has more blocky bark which is why I said that.

I’m looking on my phone, so maybe I can’t zoom in enough. I thought it looked pretty thin.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Yeah...this forum software is kinda a pain to do that. I right click on the image and select "open image in new tab". That new tab now has a full size image that you can zoom in and out.

(using Windows and Chrome browser).

It is easier to zoom in on a tablet or phone, but then you don't have as big of a screen...

Thanks for this tip - leaned something new today! I agree - Black Oak.

 

[Hinerman]

My first thought was ash as well.

However, when I zoomed in I am not so sure. I think it is Black oak. There are no obvious EAB galleries (not that ash can't die from other causes...), and the bark looks a little off color and a flatter pattern than ash looking at it closer.

I could easily be talked into "ash", but my answer is Black oak.

My first thought was black oak also.

I agree with oak, but I think red oak.

Black oak is a member of the red oak family. So, you are correct also. But technically, that is a "black oak" tree. It doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things.