type of red oak?

[AaronB]

I haven't seen this before in red oak and wondered if you could tell me what type it is. Plus when wet the wood is really red, not like the red oak I have seen before, and then it has the horizontal strands running through it, they are NOT flecks like quartersawn, they are actually wood fiber.

Just wondering if anyone might know what it is.
Thanks

 

[StevenBiars]

Could you show us the bark as well?

 

[Chud]

Looks like most of the standing dead red oak I cut and split.

 

[AaronB]

Could you show us the bark as well?

here ya go

Here is one of the pores I saw quite a bit while splitting some of it.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Looks like Northern Red to me, Quercus rubra or maybe Black Oak, Quercus velutina.

The spit pieces showing the rays looks quartercut or close to it from the orientation of the rings. Can we see a pic of the end of that piece?

 

[haveawoody]

Yuuup Northern red oak.
The fleck in the deep red wood is a pretty sure sign it's Northern red, bark looks right also.
Great firewood but just shy of white oak for btu.

 

[tomsteve]

ditto on the northern red oak. do you have any pieces split/cut in a way that would show it if it was a flat or plain sawn piece? iffen ya really wanna see the rays in that run it across a planer or do a little belt sanding on it.

 

[jrider]

I agree with the northern red oak. I see this all the time when splitting wood here in New Jersey, mostly in standing dead stuff

 

[Big L]

I haven't seen this before in red oak and wondered if you could tell me what type it is. Plus when wet the wood is really red, not like the red oak I have seen before, and then it has the horizontal strands running through it, they are NOT flecks like quartersawn, they are actually wood fiber.

Just wondering if anyone might know what it is.
Thanks

Quite common here in CT

 

[mikeb1079]

looks like red oak to me too. :smile2:

 

[Fifelaker]

I agree with the northern red oak. I see this all the time when splitting wood here in New Jersey, mostly in standing dead stuff

I see this a lot here in Mi.also

 

[AaronB]

thanks for all the help, I will just tell the FIL its Northern Red.

 

[Fallguy1960]

I believe it would be Northern Pin Oak. It is in the red oak family.

 

[Talltom]

I've been told I have both Northern Red and Pin oak in my woods but I can't tell the difference in the wood or the leaves. Pin oaks have descending lower branches whereas Northern red is more upright, but you can only tell this if they grow in the open. I have seen plenty of the wood shown in the pictures, though - it's Rotting oak, Quercus Fungus. Makes decent firewood.

 

[tomsteve]

do the other oaks( other than white, which i have a little experience with) have the same smell as red oak?

 

[Talltom]

There are several species in each group - red oak and white oak. The smell is similar within each group bit very different between them. I sometimes have difficulty telling if a board is white or red oak by looking at it, but can usually tell by cutting a piece off the end & smelling it.