Wood ID?

[Tim A. Mitchell]

I picked this out of our office landscapers truck, with permission. Unfortunately, I did not find out what the tree was.

I do know it was growing just off the parking lot, but it was in with some other trees, and I really never paid attention. A couple of the others near it were Cottonwood. No idea what the leaves were either, since when I goit back to the office,, they were at the end of cleaning up. This is in Colorado Springs, CO.

Any ideas?

[Tim A. Mitchell]

Few more pics:

[Tim A. Mitchell]

And the last:

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Tim my first impression is that it is Oak, going by the bark and branches.
It should be easily to ID it when the wood is opened up and turned.

[Tim A. Mitchell]

I alsofound some little white grub tupe things worming around in the bark. Anything to wory about?

[Curt Fuller]

Looks like chinese elm to me.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Chinese Elm is quite different Curt, have a look at the link please.
http://www.floridata.com/ref/u/ulmu_par.cfm

But I do agree that the bark does look a lot like Siberian Elm, the bark on the branches does not IMO, also the ridges in the crotches do not look like Siberian Elm that I have used, the siberian Elm also likes to sucker a lot, and that doesn't seem to be the case in the above pictures, so I still do think it is some oak, but hé I have been wrong before, I think ;-))

[Don Carter]

I would guess Red Oak...but I have been wrong many times...

[Reed Gray]

My first thought was honey locust, but the bark doesn't look quite right. If it is oak, you should be able to see the medullary rays. Oak has a distinctive smell too, kind of reminds me of river bottoms areas. Elm can smell like the cats have been spraying on it, and can smell similar to the oak as well, depending on the variety.
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[Tim A. Mitchell]

Pretty sure it is not a cat spray smell, but it has a sweet sort of smell. The reason I question Oak, at this point, is that I have seen few Oaks of this size around here (if any). The pieces are in the 12 to 16-inch range, excluding the crotch piece.

Well, after going into the garage, perhaps it is a bit of a cat spray smell.

Im going to have to clear the way to the lathe, since we now have the house painted, and get one of thoose split open.

[Joe Pfeifer]

Looks like a type of ash, and all the ash I get has the white grubs under the bark after about a week if it's left outside. I have never had that happen with oak.

Here's a link with a picture of ash bark:
http://www.anr.msu.edu/robertsd/ash/ashtree_id.html

[Leo Pashea]

I think Joe is right. My money is on Ash as well. The darker heartwood vs. the lighter sapwood is a dead giveaway for Ash. The bark is too for that matter. Ash turns and finishes nicely.

[Bernie Weishapl]

It looks like either American Elm or Siberian but looks just like the American Elm I turned this last weekend.

[Reed Gray]

Ash is open grained, and when I have found pieces that have the olive colored center, the color doesn't follow the growth rings like this tree does. I did get a piece of elm once that I couldn't identify. It was bright yellow, and had a nice sweet smell. I found the arborist who took it down and he told me it was an elm. What type he didn't say. Thinking back, the wood was some what similar, but I still don't know for sure.
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