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RubberDuck
07-07-2016, 08:52 AM
I use lots of wood for the fire pit an smoker an hate paying for it.
I can identity most trees by the leaves but when I pick up wood from side of road or someone brings free wood I have a hard time trying to identify it by the bark. some I can tell by smell but not always.
so here is some wood I split yesterday I think I have 2 kinds of oak as the bark is different but they smell the same the others not sure.
take a look an tell me what you think
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160707/fc4e77b882bca967472be8be57473395.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160707/a03e76d735541539d01e7d00f9ad38ce.jpg

hawgrider
07-07-2016, 10:01 AM
4th from the left looks like hickory.
http://treeplantflowerid.com/documents/Shagbark_Hickory_Bark.jpg



Far left might be white oak
http://health.learninginfo.org/images/white-oak-bark.jpg


Third one from the left might be red oak
http://bugwoodcloud.org/images/768x512/0008040.jpg

RubberDuck
07-07-2016, 10:13 AM
the far left is bright yellow when split from what I read they say thats mulberry the next 2 I believe to be the oak I thin you are right on the red oak. next I would say that is a good chance of hickory compared to your pic .
the last one im not sur it has streaks of red in it when split

hawgrider
07-07-2016, 10:14 AM
Hell I need the leaves to be sure....


Here is a bark ID site it looks pretty good- http://treebarkid.com/index.php/american-elm

RubberDuck
07-07-2016, 10:16 AM
found the red streaks they say box elder

RubberDuck
07-07-2016, 10:17 AM
That's a good site gonna save that one

rice paddy daddy
07-07-2016, 11:45 AM
I was in the lumber business all my life, and I can identify many different types of common construction/finish wood. As long as it has been made into lumber and run thru the planer. :jester:

Inor
07-07-2016, 12:14 PM
The middle one could be elm. That stuff is stringy as hell and kind of light red in color.

Slippy
07-07-2016, 05:17 PM
Damnit, unless it's Southern Yellow Pine or SPF, I'm just throwing darts blindfolded.

Looks very burnable tho.

hag
07-08-2016, 01:18 AM
If the wood is surrounded by wranglers, I wouldn't suggest smoking it! Haha

hag
07-08-2016, 01:26 AM
If that fourth one is hickory it would be really stringy and yellow. It kinda looks like a thorn tree we have around here. Second one looks kinda like a piss elm. My screen is small and my battery is low so my light is dark so I can't see it really good. Last one looks like oak. First one maybe oak and maybe poplar?