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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: dbmoran on October 29, 2019, 08:13:03 PM

Title: log ID help
Post by: dbmoran on October 29, 2019, 08:13:03 PM
The guy i got this log from says it's ash, but it is not heavy at all even soaking wet and very soft.
It smells kinda like mud.
Any Ideas what this is?

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Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: zimraphail on October 29, 2019, 08:41:30 PM
Thats Cherry or Alder very nice
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: zimraphail on October 29, 2019, 08:42:41 PM
Awsome wood to work with my favorite! Gets darker and more beautiful with age
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: dbmoran on November 04, 2019, 08:06:39 PM
Thanks
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: kantuckid on November 28, 2019, 07:14:12 AM
Cherry smells sweet, not ever muddy. Did you end up with it being alder?
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: WDH on November 28, 2019, 08:11:17 AM
It is blackgum or tupelo.
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: dbmoran on December 02, 2019, 07:25:05 PM
I didn't think it could have been cherry. Because it didn't have even a hint of red color.
Does alder grow in south Louisiana?
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: WDH on December 02, 2019, 08:40:24 PM
No.  Tupelo and blackgum does, though :). 
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: Iwawoodwork on December 02, 2019, 10:05:50 PM
Don't think it is Alder as alder here in the NW is smooth like birch or poplar.
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: bluthum on December 03, 2019, 11:29:39 AM
The bark and the wood look like blackgum to me.
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: WDH on December 04, 2019, 07:24:45 AM
It is blackgum or tupelo :) :) :). 
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: dbmoran on December 04, 2019, 09:52:24 PM
Thanks Danny
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: zimraphail on January 01, 2020, 09:23:36 PM
Cherry turns darker and red with ageing it gets darker every year!
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: Jeff on January 01, 2020, 09:31:07 PM
Type louder Danny!
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 02, 2020, 05:22:33 AM
Quote from: Jeff on January 01, 2020, 09:31:07 PM
Type louder Danny!


:D :D :D
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: kantuckid on January 02, 2020, 04:02:52 PM
I  vote blackgum, tupelo I don't see in KY or my native KS.
Title: Re: log ID help
Post by: WDH on January 02, 2020, 09:09:37 PM
But there is a scad of tupelo in Louisiana.