What kind of wood is this?

[Fordiesel69]

Looking to see what this is from left to right. Google lense was about zero help.

Notes. If you label from left to right 1 thru 4, 1 is heavy, and has green in the center, 2 is heavy and we have no clue what it is, we suspect maybe ash but most are dead from the ash boare, 3 is feather light compared to the rest, and has unique dark markings, and 4 we suspect oak.

 

[Urshurak776]

I'm no expert, but looks like Hickory on far left, and the rest ash or maybe Oak (4).

 

[shortyb]

No expert either, but 1 looks like hickory, 2 and 3 look like white oak, and 4 looks like red oak. Where do I collect my prize?

 

[gman2304]

1 poplar
2 ?
3 pine ?
4 red oak

 

[Kira]

My forestry maven guesses: Maple, Ash, Beech, Oak

 

[shortyb]

1 poplar
2 ?
3 pine ?
4 red oak

I'd say this pretty spot on after looking more closely at the outer bark. 2 does look like white oak though.

 

[Astro14]

1. Poplar
2. Ash
3. Maple
4. Oak

Best guess.

 

[Vercingetorix]

There’s nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

 

[Fordiesel69]

Its not for any prize. I needed to identify as we need to process alot of it from a roadside. I wanted to focus our efforts on the best woods for burning before it gets poached / loaded up by passer bys.

Its a friends property we are not stealing it from a roadside. The power company went thru and dropped a bunch of trees so they would not grow into the power lines.

So far (and I have spent hours googling)
1 = Tulip or Poplar
2 = Ash (confirmed)
3 = Maple / Lindentree / Basswood
4 = Red Oak (confirmed)

 

[ironman_gq]

Its not for any prize. I needed to identify as we need to process alot of it from a roadside. I wanted to focus our efforts on the best woods for burning before it gets poached / loaded up by passer bys.

So far (and I have spent hours googling)
1 = Tulip or Poplar
2 = Ash (confirmed)
3 = Maple / Lindentree / Basswood
4 = Red Oak (confirmed)

If #3 is as light as you say I'd go with basswood, maple is dense and heavy and we don't have lindentree where I'm at but we do have basswood and it's pretty light compared to Oak or Maple, it's also relatively soft.

 

[97prizm]

I'm no expert, but looks like Hickory on far left, and the rest ash or maybe Oak (4).

I'm fairly sure hickory is darker than that as I use it often in a smoker.

 

[Zaedock]

Poplar, Ash, Silver Maple, Red Oak = Best guess.

I will guess you cut them with the 555. It looks like a Husky cut. LOL

 

[doitmyself]

Pennsylvania has similar hardwood species to Michigan. These look to be about 6 to 8 inch diameter, so we're looking at younger bark/cross sections (cookies). The bark appears wet, which throws off the color. Clear closeups of the cookie endgrain would assist.

- Tulip (yellow) poplar (typical heartwood).
- Ash Species
- Maple Species , but the "very light weight" throws me off. Could be one of the less dense maples like red/silver/mountain. The basswood guess is appropriate, but the photography throws everything off.
- Oak Species probably one of the red oaks (pin,red, black, etc).

EDIT: Looks like #3 from the left is the only questionable one.

 

[Urshurak776]

I'm fairly sure hickory is darker than that as I use it often in a smoker.

A buddy of mine just built a workbench with Hickory and it looked just like this. Like I said though, I'm no expert.

 

[Fordiesel69]

These were cut with the 545 Mark II .325 18" .050 with new old stock LPX chain ( or whatever it was before the EXL.)

I did not know tulip and poplar was the same but that solves that one.

Yes #3 is the mystery remaining. All the wood is soaking wet, and it is feather light compared to the others. I guess silver maple would be a good bet.

 

[Tempest1]

If #3 is light weight it could be pine. Can you divot the light part of the ring with your finger nail? Pine will be soft.

 

[doitmyself]

I did not know tulip and poplar was the same but that solves that one.

You have to be careful with common names and regional dialect differences.

Tulip poplar/yellow popular is one species: Liriodendron tulipifera

The populus genus includes the species quaking aspen (populus tremuloides), bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata), and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera). Often people will call these "poplar", popple, or bam (balsam poplar).

Poplar may not mean the same from region to region.

EDIT: I scoffed at the above suggestion #3 might be pine, but that bark could be white pine. Take a whiff and see if it smells resinous, like turpentine.

 

[Fordiesel69]

I did exactly that after I cut it. No smell of pine which is where I became lost. No turpentine no sap on saw no resin. Must be a maple / basswood.