Wood ID

[ARV]

We had a stem come in amongst some WRC. Anyone got an idea of what it might be?

 

Fairly heavy, no significant smell when milling, slightly reddish heart wood.

There wasn't a lot of bark on the stem when it came in. It might just be a spruce, but the bark seemed a bit more textured than what we usually see on spruce logs (but then the stem was quite a bit bigger than we usually see, around 55cm diameter.)

Andrew

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Douglas?

[Stubby]

Just now, ARV said:

We had a stem come in amongst some WRC. Anyone got an idea of what it might be?

 

Fairly heavy, no significant smell when milling, slightly reddish heart wood.

There wasn't a lot of bark on the stem when it came in. It might just be a spruce, but the bark seemed a bit more textured than what we usually see on spruce logs (but then the stem was quite a bit bigger than we usually see, around 55cm diameter.)

Andrew

 

 

@se7enthdevil

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Douglas?

Grandis ?

[Mick Dempsey]

Thats too far for me Stubs, I know Douglas is reddish, the bark looks good and it’ll outstrip anything around it size wise.

[oldwoodcutter]

Red fir

[ARV]

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Douglas?

We get some Douglas in every now and again. The bark doesn't look right and the coloured heartwood isn't red enough.

[ARV]

Reading up on Grand Fir and Red Fir (and the other fir species in general), to be honest it could be either of them.  So I think we can say it is a Fir.

Without the bark and without doing some microscopic investigation  I don't think I'll be able to say more than that.

Cheers for the ideas though.

[se7enthdevil]

On 17/09/2021 at 16:23, Stubby said:

@se7enthdevil

softwoods are not my strong point.

a fir seems likely.