wood identification

[cody michael]

I got this from the side of the road after trees were cut for power lines, I don't have any leaves etc. I live in michigan. if that helps2015-03-29 22.09.33.jpg2015-03-29 22.09.37.jpg

[Ben Darrah]

Does it have an odor/smell?

[daryl moses]

Kinda hard to tell from two pics, but it's either red or white oak.

[carl mesaros]

Could be black locust.

[Dennis Ford]

It does not appear to be in the oak family; no rays. My guess is elm.

[cody michael]

I looked up pictures of elm and it looks very similair

[Michael Mason]

Looks like Chestnut to me. I just turned some Chinese Chestnut over the winter and it looks just like that. You will know when you turn it, because it is full of tannic acid and it will turn everything the juice touches real dark blue or black and will be sticky, at least that was my experience. Had to keep tools sharp, it didnt make curlies. It sand well when dry and finishes nicely.

[Ralph Lindberg]

Could be black locust.

The color and bark are consistent with that

[Tim Leiter]

I would guess Walnut or Elm.
Tim.

[Shawn Pachlhofer]

cottonwood?

[Joe Ruden]

cottonwood?

This, there is cottonwood all over the roadsides up here.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Siberian Elm for sure, I have turned tons of that wood, and can ID it from a distance.

Her’s a couple of pictures, one from the Siberian Elm tree behind our house in London, and others from pieces I’ve turned, nice wood to turn, green wood has cambium that is stringy and slippery when wet, smells a bit but that disappears when dry, wood color is a bit variable from almost Black Walnut brown to a much lighter brown with a nearly white sapwood.

Siberian Elm tree.jpg Siberian Elm.jpg Siberian Elm bowl.jpg Slightly spalted.jpg Siberian Elm vase.jpg Siberian Elm twisted .jpg

[Paul Williams]

The bark looks like cottonwood, but around here cottonwood is not that dark. I am agreeing with those who say it is in the oak family.

[Morey St. Denis]

I'll 2nd Carl with a vote for Black Locust. Does it appear to have a somewhat greenish hue to the heartwood? Can you judge if it feels unusually dense or weighty for domestic hardwoods like Oak, but doesn't smell of Oak? Have you got (or can you get) any additional cut lengths to try splitting some like you'd do with firewood? Locust doesn't like to spilt cleanly due to its twisted interlocking grain structure and will pull 'strings' between adjoining sections. Any nearby signs of last season's leaves or seed pods? Locust is of the legume family and will bear flattened bean pods having multiple dark roundish seeds under 1/8".

[Bruce Pratt]

Check the wood with a black light. If it fluoresces bright yellow-green it is black locust.