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Cottonwood?
I am not sure about your area but in eastern Nebraska bark that looks like that would probably be cotton wood.
Usually the bark will fall of Cottonwood, when I have seen it.
Looks a little moldy/mildewy, stored inside or out?
haveawoody
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+1 on cottonwood/poplar etc
Seasoned Cottonwood is nether heavy nor dense, it's about like burning a roll of paper towels.
I do have aspen on my property but this has twice if not three times the weight. Its was seasoned top covered, outside, single rows but in the shade of trees. Burns hot but needs a little extra air and leaves lots of hot coals.
blacklocst
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Looks like Black Oak to me.
that looks like oak to me. i'm gonna say white oak. the easiest way to tell black oak is by the lil orange lines in between the bark ribs. also black oak has a much less of a flaky bark. black oak is in the red oak family and the barks are similar. In my experience cottonwood never splits that easy. all the cottonwood i've split, splits like elm, very stringy, and the wood is white in color. plus the bark is much more dark brown and less red than your pics.
all the poplar around here is white when you cut it then the wood turns black after its seasoned for a few months. then after a year it turns a dark brown.
oak burns good after a year of seasoning, but it burns better after 2-3 years of seasoning. which explains why it needs extra air to burn it.
what part of the country are you located in?
all the poplar around here is white when you cut it then the wood turns black after its seasoned for a few months. then after a year it turns a dark brown.
oak burns good after a year of seasoning, but it burns better after 2-3 years of seasoning. which explains why it needs extra air to burn it.
what part of the country are you located in?
I'm in Ontario, Canada. Some pieces did split like elm. I got this wood with a bunch of red Oak and this stuff was way more difficult to split. Like I said it seems to weigh the same as the red oak I CSS at the same time.
blacklocst
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Smell it, if it smells like red wine then its Black Oak Or possibly Red. I split a bunch of it this past fall and the bark was thick like the first pic you posted. Red Oak in my neck of the woods has thinner bark.
timbrjackrussel
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timbrjackrussel
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Was it growing in a damper low area? Can you get leaves and nuts?
I have lots of big white oak,( not near Goderich) needs a couple of years CSP before it may be dry.
Burning lots of it right now. If it is dead on the stump it will stay good for a few years.
