wood i.d.

[MuskokaSplitter]

Hey guys. Was on the trails with the atv and like usual carry the chainsaw incase i see a blowdown or something.

This one about 8" or so dbh. Count was 105-110 growth rings. Been dead a while...no leaves.



Thanks.

 

[lone wolf]

Catalpa or Paulownia maybe.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Catalpa or Paulownia maybe.

That's as close as I could get.

 

[jrider]

Bark looks similar to dogwood

 

[buzz sawyer]

Looks like it split too cleanly for dogwood. Looking at it more, and considering the diameter, almost looks like white oak. Any odor to it?

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

I was thinking white oak. Not a lot around but some. Yes some odor. Not as strong as red oak though.

 

[abbott295]

Split nice, slow growth, bark kind of looks like oak, but you would expect to see some ray flecks in a piece of oak. In other words, I don't know.

 

[svk]

Kind of looks like ash. But that's an old tree to be so small.

 

[babybart]

The split looks like oak to me.

 

[blacklocst]

It kinda looks like White Oak, but isn't WO stringy. My guess would be Poplar.

 

[haveawoody]

Bark sure looks like cherry to me, wood not so much but if it was dead for a while then ID from wood will be difficult.
Hard wood and slow growing for sure.

 

[AIM]

Ironwood. The bark looks wrong for ironwood but around here thats about the only tree to get that old and be that small.

 

[msmith]

Looks like spruce bark to me.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

Hey guys its definatly a hardwood. I got some more pieces ill take some pics of later. I know its tough to id in this condition

Cheers.

 

[Jed1124]

When I first looked at the bark I was thinking ash but when I saw the pic of the split I would say white oak. It has just been dead a while and the bark is a little beat up.

 

[svk]

Ironwood. The bark looks wrong for ironwood but around here thats about the only tree to get that old and be that small.

I think you might be right

 

[lone wolf]

I think you might be right

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ironwood+bark&ei=UTF-8&fr=chrf-yff23

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

Close up of the grain looks porous like red oak.....but not red oak. Im thinking its white oak. Just we dont have a lot up here where as red oak is abundant.

 

[Whitty21]

I am leaning towards Ironwood that has sat for a little bit and the bark smoothed out a bit.

Your best bet is to go back to the area and look at the surrounding trees. If there is one Ironwood, there is likely plenty.

 

[lindnova]

My guess is white oak based on bark and tight grain. Almost looks too nice and straight - should split good. I am used to bur oak not white, but very similar.