Wood ID Help

[wrjones224]

I have two different wood types I need help identifying.

1. I have had a customer send wood from Wisconsin here is a branch sent along with two blanks I cut from it which show spalting. I cut a couple sections from it and it has spalting in it which's makes identifying difficult.

2. Wood from Tennessee another customer sent. The three images of the tree and then the whitish blanks I cut from it.


Any help is appreciated!

 

[leehljp]

Next time, if you can, get a close shot of the leaves ( individual leaf shape). That is the best identifier.

I want to say that it is a hard wood and a rough guess is Elm, but it would take viewing the leaf to tell. That limb has been dead for a year or two and has not only become spalted but it has turned punky (soft/decaying) in places. The last photo does show some recognizable grain though. Maybe someone else can give a better guess.

 

[sorcerertd]

The first one looks like spalted maple to me. I have a lot of that from a neighbor's tree that came down a couple years ago and it looks the same to me.

I was thinking that last picture might be Elm. The shape of the tree while standing looks like it could be an Elm, as does the grain in the cut pieces, but I agree that it would be easier to ID with a pic of the leaves.

 

[1080Wayne]

On wood samples , a photo of a cross section of a blank , not near a knot , and sanded to 400 grit , often helps identification

 

[SabertoothBunny]

Based on photos that tree is hard to identify without a closeup of the leaves. I could be pecan, elm or even maple. Cannot say.

 

[wrjones224]

Thanks all for the feedback. I wish I had some photos of the leaves as well.

 

[leehljp]

FYI, the best identity is usually leaves and bark, and include pict of whole tree if possible. After that, a picture of a board of the wood - the heart wood and grain and particularly end grain cross cut and smooth. (Heart wood is different from the edge which is sap wood and usually white-ish in color. Limbs don't usually have sap wood.)