Is this Ash?

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gritz

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The upload button is not available in "Gallery," but somehow these got properly loaded from my laptop. First time for everything. I have given up on uploading properly rotated pictures on here. Thankfully, these look OK from any angle.

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RobS.

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Stick a finger nail into the bark. If it feels like cork the wood is likely ash. Ash also splits pretty easily whereas sweet gum does not.
The first picture looks a lot like sweet gum. They second picture looks more like ash.
 

gritz

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Stick a finger nail into the bark. If it feels like cork the wood is likely ash. Ash also splits pretty easily whereas sweet gum does not.
The first picture looks a lot like sweet gum. They second picture looks more like ash.

Definitely not sweet gum. Bark is corky. Straight grain. Must be ash.
 
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Jeff

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That tree looks pretty freshly cut. Any branches around with the leaves still attached? Get pics.

Try hand splitting it with an axe. It's ash if it splits pretty easily (like red oak), if it's gnarly/twisted and your axe bounces around with a good whack, it's probably sweet gum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc-3eHVcjuY

The bark of both species look similar...

http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/fram.html

http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/list.html

Been there and done both species by hand.
 

Hmerkle

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That tree looks pretty freshly cut. Any branches around with the leaves still attached? Get pics.

Try hand splitting it with an axe. It's ash if it splits pretty easily (like red oak), if it's gnarly/twisted and your axe bounces around with a good whack, it's probably sweet gum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc-3eHVcjuY

Jeff, you look much younger in that You Tube video! :rotflm:
 
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