Here's one for all the experts:
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Clark
We only need the three letter word expert. :D WDH
I'm gonna guess box elder.
Quote from: Jeff on August 29, 2016, 03:51:11 PM
We only need the three letter word wood expert. :D WDH
He'll figure it out. ;D
From the end grain, sure looks basswoody.
*Nods head and tips hat in direction of WDH then looks back to Clark*
See, that was easy. Next? ;D
Kinda reminds me of Crocodile Dundee II when the guy with the cowboy hat was sitting by the water. The baddie comes out of the bush, guy offers him a beer. Baddie says you shoulda brought a gun, not beer. Guy says I don't need a gun, I've got a Donk. Baddie says a what? Big Donk spins him around, says a Donk, and knocks him out flat.
We don't need nothin' round here 'sides WDH. :laugh:
Not box elder.
Not basswood.
Really, neither are even close. :D
I do admit, I stretch the definition of "lumber" with this piece. It's only 1.5" wide and 21" long. That is the first hint.
The second hint is that this piece of lumber is at the complete opposite end of the North American hardwoods density spectrum from box elder and basswood. Using some rough measurements (the piece of "lumber" is curved and has wane) I get a density of 51.4 pounds/cubic foot.
Clark
Moosewood,also called striped maple
Well, it is diffuse porous if that is any consolation :).
Quote from: WDH on August 30, 2016, 08:10:40 PM
Well, it is diffuse porous if that is any consolation :).
This is true. No one has guessed a conifer...
that would be way off.
Clark
51.4 dry or green? Apple maybe?
Could be dogwood.
51.4 air dried.
Apple and dogwood? Both of those are much closer in several ways.
Clark
You didn't saw up a sumac, did you? Seems like I remember as a kid knifing those things at a steep diagonal cut and I'd see those darker bits.
Not sure about the Minnesota address where posted but if southern I'd be guessing Sycamore or Sweetgum.
Maybe it is serviceberry, Amelanchier arborea.
how about hawthorn or eastern hop hornbeam?
Third time is the winner for WDH! Serviceberry is the correct answer. I will say Amelanchier but I wouldn't name a specific epithet.
Around here it rarely gets very big. Some sketchy information on the web told me it was quite dense so I kept my eyes peeled for a "big" one. I happened across several that were ~4" DBH so I took the best looking one. After cutting around the rot I was left with a couple of pieces the size of the above "board". If I could find a chunk that was 10-12" in diameter I would be in business. I understand it grows larger in the south.
Clark
Quote from: Clark on September 01, 2016, 09:46:34 AM
Third time is the winner for WDH! Serviceberry is the correct answer.
Clark, now you've got to show us a picture of it growing in your pine stands. :D
I have a pretty nice one on my property. Maybe 10" in diameter. It is also called shadbush because it flowers when the shad are running up the rivers on the east coast to spawn. For more interesting info on this small tree, view this video. The part about the "service" part of serviceberry is particularly interesting.
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=9
Clark, you are sneaky ;D.
Well done! Good information.
Had to dig a little deep for that one headscratch.
I've got several on my property that are probably 8-10" as well. I consider taking one for turkey calls because they're said to be so dense.
Since I had fun making WDH scratch his head on this post before I think it is time for another!
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If you answer Douglas fir because it is in the background you win a consolation prize. TBD. Probably not something you want to win.
My very first impulsive reaction, without the wood brain engaged, was something birchy but that is much too easy given your penchant for being sneaky.... :).
Birchy you say? Don't move from that tree, keep on barking!
Clark
So maybe I have something in the birch family treed, kinda like when coon hunting? Woof, A-roooooo, A-rooooo ;D.
I had some 12" wide short boards of serviceberry once. It didn't have much colored streaks like the example, actually quite plain and uninspiring. Hard indeed but the powder post beetles found it in the lumber shed and chewed it to sawdust in record time.