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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: shelbycharger400 on June 06, 2011, 06:52:03 PM

Title: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: shelbycharger400 on June 06, 2011, 06:52:03 PM
 

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not shure if this is a better specimin of picture set 2,   bark is different.  at first i thought it was popple til i picked them up and seen the ends.   when run through the woodsplitter,  wood is a nice orange color.   these pieces have been sitting on the ground here for about 2 months now, and have been getting darker and darker on the ends.  picture dosnt show it but the one end is getting a purple like color.   split open its very beautiful  i havent picked up anything bigger than 6 in. .           all taken local here in mn   
Title: Re: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: beenthere on June 06, 2011, 07:13:57 PM
On first blush looks like a birch.
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Post by: shelbycharger400 on June 06, 2011, 08:29:17 PM
the bark isnt flaky at all.  its a medium dark grey  with lighter radius marks.
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Post by: SwampDonkey on June 07, 2011, 05:32:01 AM
Is it light weight stuff and soft? Looks like a young basswood.
Title: Re: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: shelbycharger400 on June 07, 2011, 10:18:14 PM
pieces are still rather weighty...   i have never had basswood darken like these
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Post by: bull on June 07, 2011, 10:24:33 PM
beech
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Post by: SwampDonkey on June 08, 2011, 04:14:09 AM
American beech don't darken like that and it don't grow out there. Does blue beech grow that far west? Don't know if it darkens on exposure either.

Can you get a fresh cut end , like a cookie, and smooth  up a 2" square section with a utility knife, then scan the surface with a scanner for a photo? ;D  Adjust the scanning preview to take a scan of the smooth section at 600 dpi, then crop out a 500 pixel area. A camera with macro setting is a little tricky to get in focus.
Title: Re: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: shelbycharger400 on June 08, 2011, 07:39:24 PM
 

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wish i did have a scanner, i know what your getting at :(
it kinda has the same smell as popple/ willow
bark is too smooth to be willow!  wood is soft to cut.  bark peeled off is almost cork like.    looking at the rings, once it got about 2 in dia...   it grew really fast

Title: Re: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: SwampDonkey on June 09, 2011, 04:34:18 AM
Dodgy Loner Identified it in Wood #2. Buckthorn.

Only two native buckthorn species in Canada, and that's the Cascara buckthorn in BC which is tree-like and the alder buckthorn which is shrub-like.
Title: Re: Id my wood #3 puzzled.
Post by: shelbycharger400 on June 09, 2011, 06:34:08 PM
I thought it was similar to pictures online i have found,  seems that their isnt very many, or of any real quality pictures of a trees wood in green form.   
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