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What Wood Am I?
Chris Hogan
>I'm finding that it's darn hard to identify trees without leaves. There's a woods being cleared near work & I've been cutting quite a bit of felled wood there (lots of black cherry, ash and, happily, a box elder). Anyway, I'm having trouble identifying the pics below. I THINK the first is a Norway Maple (at least it's the closest in my handy Audubon book). The second...I have no idea.
What may be Norway Maple:
No Idea:
Any help is appreciated,
Chris
Re: What Wood Am I?
Mac
>The wood appears to be either walnut or butternut.....
Re: What Wood Am I?
Keith Tompkins
>Looks like elm.....try to split it!!!
Re: What Wood Am I?
Matt Berry in MI
>I'm shooting from the top of my head, since I'm at work and don't have my field guide with me. The top one looks like elm and the second one looks like it may be walnut.
Re: What Wood Am I?
Gary Hern (St. Louis)
>I'm pretty sure you have elm there. Like Keith said, try to split a piece. Very difficult with the interlocking grain. IF you flat cut a piece, you should see some grain features that look similar to the appearance of a ducks feather.
Re: What Wood Am I?
Chris Hogan
>I didn't consider elm. Isn't elm supposed to be stinky when you turn it...cause this is.
Chris
Re: What Wood Am I?
Keith Tompkins
>yes, smells when you burn it too. It makes an attractive bowl, however. I looked at the photos again....looking at the profile of the bark, sorta verigated; the top one is elm...no question. the bottom one is probably elm, different veriety.
Re: What Wood Am I?
Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL
>The Top Pic look very much like SweetGum.
Mark