Wood ID please

[Glen2504]

What are these 2 types of wood? The red stuff doesn't split well so I'm not sure.

 

[Streblerm]

Looks like cherry and soft maple to me.

 

[unclemoustache]

2 & 3 Cherry, but I don't think 1 & 4 are maple.

 

[Hinerman]

I think you 2 nailed the cherry. 1 & 4 are not maple IMO. It looks like hackberry to me. I don't see the normal warts on the bark but the color of the wood and the way the bark is peeling looks just like hackberry. Some hackberry bark is not as "warty" as others.

 

[sledge&wedge]

I second @Streblerm . 1&4 are soft maple and 2&3 are cherry. I just split and stacked about 1/3 cord of each in the past couple months. Looks like the maple has been sitting awhile, hence the off-color of the bark and the way it's peeling off in the 4th picture.

 

[lone wolf]

Looks like cherry and soft maple to me.

Thats what I see too.

 

[USMC615]

Thats what I see too.

...Agree. ^^^

 

[DFK]

Glen:
I see you are in Athens.
We are in Moulton.

David

 

[djones]

My thoughts were also along the lines of Black cherry and maple. Got a lot of it in my back yard.

 

[unclemoustache]

What kind of soft maple do you think? Certainly not silver.

 

[unclemoustache]

What kind of soft maple do you think? Certainly not silver.

You know, after looking around online for a bit I think perhaps it might be silver maple. Apparently the young maples have smooth bark which gets more flaky as it ages. And certainly the grain and color are consistent with silver maple.

 

[svk]

Young red maple bark is like that too. But the wood is darker.

 

[lone wolf]

What kind of soft maple do you think? Certainly not silver.

Red, AKA Swamp Maple.