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RE: Another wood ID request - EdL - 08-20-2019
Ambrosia Maple......never seen spalt like that.
Ed
RE: Another wood ID request - Stwood_ - 08-20-2019
First board (left) looks to have had mold on it at one point.
4th board looks like spalt spots
RE: Another wood ID request - AHill - 08-21-2019
Sure looks like hickory to me. Maybe used as trim for cabinets. Hard would match up with hickory. Hickory is slightly heavier than oak, and moderately more heavy than maple.
RE: Another wood ID request - MichaelMouse - 08-21-2019
(08-20-2019, 04:15 PM)farmerj111 Wrote: I picked it up in Reno NV. It's so hard I don't think it's spalting, as I thought that took weight out of the wood. I did see some ambrosia maple that reminded me of it, so I thought it might be a fungus.Definitely not oak or maple. https://www.lowes.com/pd/allen-roth-chesterfield-hackberry-6-18-in-w-x-4-23-ft-l-embossed-wood-plank-laminate-flooring/1000389529 is close enough?
I've never heard of hackberry, but I have lots of poplar, and it is far heavier than that.
RE: Another wood ID request - packerguy® - 08-21-2019
Throw it in some water....if it sinks its hornbeam.
Obviously stained from being in the weather. How it was on a construction site in Reno, only God knows.
RE: Another wood ID request - farmerj111 - 08-21-2019
(08-21-2019, 12:43 PM)packerguy® Wrote: Throw it in some water....if it sinks its hornbeam.
Obviously stained from being in the weather. How it was on a construction site in Reno, only God knows.
Nope, it floats.
Took it down to the hardwood dealer, their best guess was some kind of maple stained by a fungus or something.
Thanks for everyone's guesses, I think I'll just call it ambrosia hickberry.
RE: Another wood ID request - MidwestMan - 08-21-2019
Looks like hickory to me too.
RE: Another wood ID request - greenacres2 - 08-21-2019
My first look i thought hickory as well.
earl
RE: Another wood ID request - Gary G™ - 08-21-2019
The two on the right look very much like Laurel Oak.
RE: Another wood ID request - farmerj111 - 08-21-2019
Hmm, if it is really hickory I could use that in my smoker. I think i need to burn a little of it. I'm going to pull out another board and clean it up and post a new pic tomorrow.