Trees from a distance

[tomthetreeman]

Looks like English Oak, Q. robur. That stuff splits WEIRD!

-Tom

 

[AspenArbo]

Nope. This wood had been laying outside for about a year and 3-4 months, good and dry...

 

[JeffL]

Red oak

 

[BostonBull]

I am going to go with White oak

 

[AspenArbo]

Nope. This was a very large piece, the part shown is 1/4 of the log, so the heart wood portion is very old, look more at the sapwood parts.
On the right track as far as tough wood, but not oaks.

 

[BayouClimber]

blue beech?

 

[willbranch]

i guess Hickory

 

[BostonBull]

Elm

 

[AspenArbo]

I see the difficulty in this pic since there is no bark to reference, but all my others where dead giveaways. Keep on a guessin'...
No hickory or Beech this far north

 

[BostonBull]

Ironwood/blue beech?

 

[MattyD]

Locust?

 

[climbncut]

Gymnocladus dioicus...just to throw it out there

 

[trees4ever]

Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
or
White Spruce (Picea glauca)

-Diane-

 

[climbncut]

I could agree with northern white cedar...had one come down in last winters ice storm and remember the splits looking similar

 

[AspenArbo]

Wow, what a stumper. Although I probably wouldn't be getting this either. I'll give it until the end of today then give the answer.

 

[trees4ever]

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Wow, what a stumper.

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But we like challenges!

Okay, this is my last guess and then I'm out:

Pine = Jack or Red ??


-Diane-

 

[tomthetreeman]

Prunus virginiana or serotina? Or Malus? I don't feel that strongly about those guesses but I am temporarily stumped. I feel like I recognize it, but I just can't get it!

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

I'll go with Tsuga canadensis for lack of a better guess. The wood doesn't look right to me...but I have seen branch attachments that looked similar.

 

[trees4ever]

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I'll go with Tsuga canadensis for lack of a better guess

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Yeah, I thought about that one, too.
I just didn't think hemlocks got that big to produce a split log as big as the one in the photo.


-Diane-

 

[AspenArbo]

Nope, we don't get any hemlock, pine, apple, or cherry that get that big. Mostly because its zone 3, but also because the soil is a ripe 8 on the pH scale.
Remember this pic is of 1/4 of a log and is still 10" thick.
Unless there are no more guesses I'll divulge the answer in an hour or two.