Wood ID please

[RickR]

Found this log on the roadside and think it may be good for spoons but I’d like to know what it is. The 12 inch diameter by 12 inch log weighs 40-50lbs and is quite hard. Images are QS grain, bark, and end grain. Thanks for looking.

 

[Whitfield]

Looks like white oak to me.

 

[RobS.]

I would guess maybe hickory or pecan. The grain looks a lot like some pecan I have. But I'm no expert.

 

[creasman]

I was thinking hickory at first, but pecan is a better fit. The color, grain pattern and bark are right.

 

[RobS.]

I didn't think about white oak. My pecan has similar characteristics as white oak. Looking at the bark more closely white oak is a good choice

 

[pop-pop]

Just for kicks, I showed your bark pic to Picture This app on my phone. Her opinion was White Ash.

 

[AllanD]

These are always fun. I think the bark looks like plain old red oak. And finding it on the side of the road I would say red oak until proven otherwise. Maybe a closer photo of the bark would help.

 

[RickR]

I’ll weigh in with my own guess: Butternut. Although the internet suggests it may not be native to my area (30 mi SE of Charlotte) so I wonder why it would be cut for firewood.

 

[Craptastic]

Bark definitely looks like white oak but the grain is so clear. Haven't seen much butternut bark but the lack of swirl in the grain makes me think that may be right.

 

[Oka]

White oak would be my guess

 

[bob vaughan]

Looks diffuse porous to me like poplar, basswood, etc.. No medullary rays like the oaks nor the open pores seen in oak, hickory, ash, or ring porous woods like that. Semi-ring porous like walnut or butternut would have more visible pores. Its easier to judge what it is not than what it is.

 

[kelLOGg]

Red oak is my guess. Sand the ends and if you see open pores it is redoak.

 

[walnutjerry]

I’ll weigh in with my own guess: Butternut. Although the internet suggests it may not be native to my area (30 mi SE of Charlotte) so I wonder why it would be cut for firewood.

Butternut is not hard---I have used it for windsor chair seats and it is easy to carve, at least as soft as white pine.

 

[John Jimenez]

+1 white oak