Wood id

[bartman23]

Hello everyone, new here and new to cutting wood and burning. Cut down a few trees I believed to be green ash but when I went to split them they were quite stringy and I have read ash is generally not stringy at all. Anyone have any insight

 

[Marine5068]

not true....ash can be very very stringy especially Green Ash

 

[95custmz]

Yep, looks like ash to me. Like Marine said, ash tends to be stringy unless it was a dead standing tree. If they have been dead for awhile, most of the moisture content is gone and the rounds split much easier.

 

[bartman23]

Ok thanks for clearing that up for me . In a pinch for wood this winter hoping to get enough of it.

 

[robespierre]

Elm

 

[buzz sawyer]

I really don't think it's ash - way too dark. Any ash I've gotten has split very easily unless there are forks.
Maybe red gum? Can we get a better photo of the end grain and bark? Any chance for a leaf photo?

 

[bartman23]

I will try and get a photo of some leaves tonight. The wood split extremely easy It Was Just Rather Stringy And Had To Pull The Peices apart. The stuff I had sitting for 2 months was much worse than the stuff I had cut that day

 

[Hinerman]

Elm

+1,,,dark center, stringy splits, should have a distinct smell. Some don't like the smell but I do. Not red gum IMO.

 

[svk]

Welcome to the site. Looks very similar to black ash but I'm not familiar with green.

 

[johnnyballs]

Hello everyone, new here and new to cutting wood and burning. Cut down a few trees I believed to be green ash but when I went to split them they were quite stringy and I have read ash is generally not stringy at all. Anyone have any insight

american elm ??

 

[bartman23]

Here's some pics pretty sure it's green ash. Not sure why that one particular tree was so wet though.

 

[bartman23]

Leaf picture

 

[buzz sawyer]

Well, based on the photos I'd have to go with Green Ash.

 

[robespierre]

Those two pictures look different.The first picture the wood goes from light to dark to light wood but the second picture is just dark to light wood. The second picture with the leaves appears to be ash.