Firewood Identification

[DTB]

I was wondering if this is elm or a type of maple? I tried matching it with the Va. Tech site without success. I have a lot more to cut, so I wanted to know what I am dealing with.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I was wondering if this is elm or a type of maple? I tried matching it with the Va. Tech site without success. I have a lot more to cut, so I wanted to know what I am dealing with.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Looks like maple, especially if it split rather easy and has a straight grain. You narrowed it down to these two options? I assume the trees are down and there are no leaves around. Elm and maple leaves are entirely different, and usually most maple bark (especially the softer varieties) is thinner than Elm bark and has a red hue associated with mature bark near the trunk.

 

[wdchuck]

Silver Maple, soft maple.

Great coaling properties, perfect for a woodstove.

 

[Highclimber OR]

I must vote for Maple. It almost looks like Acer Saccharinum or "Silver Maple". If it is it is one of the more brittle varieties of maple. It has a quick growth pattern which means weaker support at least around here.

 

[DTB]

The wood did not split as nice as soft maple. It was hard and somewhat stringy. Possibly sweet gum,sycamore maple, or black maple?

 

[Toddppm]

Was it dead ? Looks like Hickory?

 

[DTB]

This tree and another red oak that I cut have been down for atleast three months. I will probably get back there tomorrow and look for leaves in the area. Thanks for the help so far.

 

[Joshlaugh]

It looks like silver maple to me. Straight grain and that bark. I have lots of it around here. Easy to split.

 

[DTB]

I did not get there today...but the wood was not that easy to split like maple, and kind of stringy. That is why I am thinking something other than a soft maple.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I did not get there today...but the wood was not that easy to split like maple, and kind of stringy. That is why I am thinking something other than a soft maple.

Well, if it's stringy and kind of tough to split, then we might be looking at cottonwood. Hate to be the bearer of bad sooth. :spam:

 

[abohac]

I was wondering if this is elm or a type of maple? I tried matching it with the Va. Tech site without success. I have a lot more to cut, so I wanted to know what I am dealing with.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Looks like soft maple to me.

 

[Ole Farmerbuck]

I was wondering if this is elm or a type of maple? I tried matching it with the Va. Tech site without success. I have a lot more to cut, so I wanted to know what I am dealing with.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Not that i know what maple looks like but that sure looks like the elm i have around here. Nice wood.

 

[Toddppm]

Kind of stringy and hard to split? Could even be Sweet Gum? That bark looks too messed up to tell for me, I can't ID too well by wood grain alone.

 

[DTB]

The verdict is in!

ToddPPM was correct......it is hickory, pignut hickory. There is a lot there to be cut and has been down for atleast three months. There is a lot of oak too. It came down during a bad storm awhile back. Check the new picks out.