Wood ID

[Woody912]

KY coffee tree is about the only tree that has double compound leaves if I remember right. I am ruling out red elm. Possible candidates are the coffeetree as mentioned, Siberian elm and spineless honey locust. Coffeetree wood is fluorescent under uv light but honeylocust may be also. Have not seen a coffeetree in about 40 years but I think this is my official guess

 

[Yank Doodle]

No it isn't.

Wood color looks right for elm (and Kentucky Coffee...as they are similar in color), but bark is wrong and and twigs are way off - would be very fine twigs on an elm tree. There are rachises all over the ground in the bottom right of the last picture of the first post and on the left side of the stump in post #11 (last pick @Marshy posted).

I don't really care/no need for me to argue, I'm just trying to help as I was asked.

If you get a really clean cut of the end grain, you can look at the pattern of the pores. The latewood pores in Ulmus are very distinct in how wavy the pattern is. There may be some tylosis in the early wood of Ulmus, but not Gymnocladus.

https://www.wood-database.com/red-elm/

https://www.wood-database.com/coffeetree/

KY coffee tree is about the only tree that has double compound leaves if I remember right. I am ruling out red elm. Possible candidates are the coffeetree as mentioned, Siberian elm and spineless honey locust. Coffeetree wood is fluorescent under uv light but honeylocust may be also. Have not seen a coffeetree in about 40 years but I think this is my official guess

App l I have fluorescent light I will see what it does But 40 yrs is a long tome !

 

[ATH]

I didn't know that Coffeetree is one of the woods that shows fluorescence under black light. Apparently so! Here is an article and list of trees:
https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/fluorescence-a-secret-weapon-in-wood-identification/

 

[Woody912]

I didn't know that Coffeetree is one of the woods that shows fluorescence under black light. Apparently so! Here is an article and list of trees:
https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/fluorescence-a-secret-weapon-in-wood-identification/

I only knew this because I worked in a printing plant that produced Mr Hoadley's book! Looks like honeylocust was also correct , thought catalpa but not on the list

 

[ATH]

That is a great book. I pull it out when I don't know. The pages I linked are good...but I still find his book to be better.
Identifying Wood: Accurate Results With Simple Tools

 

[woodhounder]

How about Honeylocust?

 

[woodhounder]

Sorry, it was already guessed.

 

[Woody912]

App l I have fluorescent light I will see what it does But 40 yrs is a long tome !

saw my first ever tupelo ( black gum) couple years ago when I was helping logger mark trees for a cut. Did not know what it was and do not where there is another one anywhere around here.