Mystery tree ID please

[Old saw fixer]

 

 

 Triple trunk tree fell in ice storm.  When standing had growth habit like elm.  Easy to cut, not difficult to split. No strange odor when cut, smelled mild. 
We'd like to know what it is, as nephew has plans to burn it.  He isn't too upset if it's not the best fuel.
Thanks.
I had this in another place on this forum, it got 64 views and no replies.  Thought I'd try putting in the correct place!

[KEC]

I want to say it may be basswood, not sure. Where's WDH ?

[WDH]

Here I am.  The buds certainly look right for basswood. 

[SwampDonkey]

Flowering don't look right, kinda early in the year, and no bracts. And they always flower after leaf out. Seems elmish.

Basswood flowers

[WDH]

Could be that the buds are fat because they are about to break.  A closeup pic of the endgrain would rule out one or the other.  In the OP's pics, the wood does not look ring porous, but that could be from the faraway pic. 

[Old saw fixer]

Closer pics coming!

[Old saw fixer]

Close up pic

 

 Closer pic

[beenthere]

Looks like elm, albeit the wavy parenchyma are a bit blurry

[WDH]

Yep, Swampdonkey nailed it.  Definitely ring porous and the wavy bands of latewood pores are there. 

[Old saw fixer]

So it is an elm of some type, when the leaves come out we'll get a better idea.  There was another elm on the property years ago that fell, maybe from wind.  Back when we used a blue XL12 and a Super XL.
Thanks to all for the time and knowledge.

[SwampDonkey]

Of course wood is like finger prints, but other parts sometimes help a lot.

[Southside]

But you said it's easy to split. That dosen't add up with Elm

[Old saw fixer]

You are correct, Southside.  Elm is hard to split, but this didn't seem hard.  When the leaves come out I'll post a pic. 

[SwampDonkey]

Here is American Elm flowers





Not necessarily American elm, there are other species in the group that we don't have up this far.

[SwampDonkey]

Don't know of any other wood with wavy end grain and ring porous. It's also one of the earliest trees to flower. And they flower before leaves ever come out. No one uses it much around here, but they must out on the prairie because there were signs everywhere about not moving elm firewood when I drove from Manitoba to Alberta.

[beenthere]

You are correct, Southside.  Elm is hard to split, but this didn't seem hard.  When the leaves come out I'll post a pic.

Not all elm is hard to split. Most is, but not all.  I've had black walnut that is harder to split (by hand splitting maul) than some elm.