Id my wood #3 puzzled.

[shelbycharger400]

 





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   

[beenthere]

On first blush looks like a birch.

[shelbycharger400]

the bark isnt flaky at all.  its a medium dark grey  with lighter radius marks.

[SwampDonkey]

Is it light weight stuff and soft? Looks like a young basswood.

[shelbycharger400]

pieces are still rather weighty...   i have never had basswood darken like these

[bull]

beech

[SwampDonkey]

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.

[shelbycharger400]

 





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

[SwampDonkey]

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.

[shelbycharger400]

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.