Some kind of Cedar?

[Poquo]

Thought this was a Dawn Redwood until I cut it.

 

 

Looking at pictures online it resembles an Alaskan Yellow Cedar to my untrained eye.

[WDH]

Could be chinafir, Cunninghamii lanceolata. 

Virginia Tech Dendrology Fact Sheet

[Poquo]

All I have to go by is the log and lumber, I'm cutting at a lot clearers dump site. The log resembled a Japanese Cedar or Dawn Redwood, but the color and smell when cutting were wrong. Hardly any odor while cutting.

[WDH]

Pretty sure that is what it is.  A very common ornamental tree. 

[Poquo]

Thanks again WDH. I like cutting the oddball logs to see what's inside.

[SwampDonkey]

Clearing job logs are like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get inside. ;D

[WDH]

@customsawyer cut one a few weeks ago.  Maybe he will post some pics. 

[caveman]

I failed miserably when trying to identify the one at Customsawyer's.  The bark and taste of the wood had me thinking cypress- then Furby showed us some different looking needles.

Another clue that I missed was the Made in China note written on the end of the log.

Nice looking slabs, Poquo.

[Poquo]

Thanks Caveman, I'll make something out of them once they dry, maybe a book matched tabletop.

[customsawyer]

It is interesting that I don't remember ever having sawed this kind before but after cutting the one folks are discussing from the project. I had another come in this week.
This is the one that landed here about a month ago. The lumber was nice. Looked about like ERC with out the red. I will also show what helped Danny ID this one.

[WDH]

You are giving up my secrets . 

[Poquo]

Here's a picture of the log.

 

I still have about 2 feet of the butt end I'm going to cut into cookies.

[moodnacreek]

Eastern red, Atlantic white, Northern white and Dawn redwood logs have all been in my yard at the same time. One time I had a fat white cedar dropped here and when i sawed it, it was pure white all the way through. No idea what that was.

[Unclefish]

Looks like a big white cedar. Definitely not eastern red. I built a boat with white cedar and epoxy. Easy to work with doesn't shrink much. Alot interior walls of log homes done very nicely with white cedar paneling.  Not a good cedar like the reds for outside use.