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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: Unisyco on April 01, 2021, 07:25:40 PM

Title: Need help with identifying
Post by: Unisyco on April 01, 2021, 07:25:40 PM
Cut some logs into slabs and looking for some help identifying the species. Trees are from Illinois, roughly 1hr east of St Louis.

https://forestryforum.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=10118

Let me know if any other pictures would help
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 02, 2021, 03:52:13 AM
Hackberry is my guess based on this one. The heart grain is elmish looking.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/65679/20210330_114838.jpg)
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 02, 2021, 03:54:36 AM
Here is a closeup of American elm.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11009/SD_WoodgrainID2.jpg)

The living room in the old house was panelled in elm.
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: WDH on April 02, 2021, 07:33:31 AM
I see two different species. One is red oak and the other is sweetgum.  The red oak is the one that SwampDonkey posted for you. 
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: SwampDonkey on April 02, 2021, 10:52:45 AM
I can't see ray wood in the end, just saw marks. But could be red oak to, looks like grain in plywood. Seemed more feathery like elm.
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: Unisyco on April 03, 2021, 09:43:00 AM
Okay so 1 is sweetgum, after looking into I can see that. The first could be red oak. The color was just not close to all the other red oak I have cut before which is why I was curious. 

And possibly Hackberry? Hm. I appreciate the help and any other ideas 
Title: Re: Need help with identifying
Post by: WDH on April 04, 2021, 07:33:57 PM
That red oak is definitely a red oak :). 
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