These are from a couple of the Woodcraft 2x2x6 domestic combo packs that I bought when they were on sale recently. Of course, none of the wood was labeled. I was able to identify most of the blocks, but I'm not certain about these 4. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Edgar
Oh boy...! and why do these people continue to not tag/identify what they sell...?
While I feel a lot more comfortable in identifying wood species from my neck of the woods, as mentioned previously, pics can be deceptive and so can each particular wood piece shown as the same tree species are capable of producing quite different wood tones, and growth ring density reason sometimes you have to go with what you think makes the best match.
With that said, and from the samples, you are showing us and particularly its store origin, I would advise you to have a look at this web site
Dendrology at Virginia Tech and you could be satisfied with finding the best match possible.
IN MY VIEW, the first 2 samples seemed to be from the same tree species, as for sample 3, my first thought was White Ash and the 4th sample the Black Ash.
One of the main give aways by looking at end grain wood samples particularly of that size (square) is that woods with wide growth rings (spaces) does mean that they are fast growing trees, Ashes being one of the main culprits but not only so, when trying to identify tree species when end grain images are available, there are 3 main distinct possibilities (just to simplify things, off-course...!), dense, medium density and soft woods, is a lot easier to attempt concentrating one one of these than the whole 3, huh...?
I'm not so sure about the first 2 samples, though...!
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers
George
