is this wood oak if it is what kind of oak

[gunny100]

if this is oak log what kind of oak is it

 

[thor97]

gotta have better pictures of the bark.

 

[al-k]

kinda looks like beech in the first pic

 

[stumpy75]

I agree the 1st pic looks kind of like beech bark, and I can't see any rays on the end grain. In the second pic, there are obvious rays on the end grain that tells me oak. Not sure where you are located, and that would be important as to possibly what type...

Edit: After looking again, I'd say the 1st pic is sycamore by the bark.

 

[thor97]

Second picture looks like young red oak, no idea on the first without more info.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

If the first one has green bark which it looks like it does it is Sycamore, the second looks like Red Oak.

 

[Marine5068]

Hard to tell for sure.
You need to have a leaf or nut/seed to make a pos ID

 

[Canyon Angler]

Second pic -- I'd bet is red oak. Dunno what the oblong piece is in first pic.

 

[Marine5068]

if this is oak log what kind of oak is it

Maybe post some more pictures of the whole log and bark side.

 

[stumpy75]

Well, I was looking at these pics on a phone. Now that I'm back home on a larger monitor, I'll call the second pic TOH also. That's the only other wood that has those large rays, and what I can see of the bark looks right for TOH...

 

[rarefish383]

Yes defiantly Oak, one of the faster growing varieties, often seen in metropolitan areas. Scientific name Quercus Nodum. It's often mixed in with various hard woods.

 

[Canyon Angler]

What the heck is "TOH"?

 

[unclemoustache]

First pic is sycamore in the center, Red Oak around it.
Second pic is red oak.

 

[rarefish383]

I think that is "Tree Of Heaven", or Ailanthus.

 

[rarefish383]

I forgot to hit the quote button for the "TOH" question. For future reference, if you answer a post and forget to add the quote you want, is there a way to edit it back in. Sometimes by the time you answer a question 6 people have posted other stuff, and then your answer doesn't make any sense, with out the quote. Does that make sense?

 

[Canyon Angler]

Thanks, Rarefish.

 

[Woodcutteranon]

Pin oak

 

[stumpy75]

I think that is "Tree Of Heaven", or Ailanthus.

That's what I meant. But with those rays, it has to be oak. Just wondered if anyone else would bite on the TOH.

 

[rarefish383]

That's what I meant. But with those rays, it has to be oak. Just wondered if anyone else would bite on the TOH.

I don't think anyone bothered to translate the Latin Quercus Nodem. I think some of his small stuff does look like Oak, the rest, no. Many years ago a local guy selling firewood at a premium price got his butt in a sling. He advertised it as 100% Knot Oak. The way he spelled "Knot" everyone thought it was a variety of Oak. Actually, what he was saying was it was 100% NOT Oak. He was selling Pine, TOH, Willow, all at a high premium. So, "Quercus Nodem" translates to "Oak Knot", or "NOT OAK".

 

[GVS]

kinda looks like beech in the first pic

My thoughts exactly.