What species is this

[Will Heal]

100% alder my old boss used to buy lorry loads in for us to cut and split

[Two Acres]

100% alder my old boss used to buy lorry loads in for us to cut and split

 

When I've had freshly cut Alder its been much more orange in colour than that

[Paul in the woods]

If it's very light then I'll change my mind to alder. The bark doesn't look quite right to me for mature alder but it is a very light wood when seasoned, and it doesn't go orange when split either.

[Two Acres]

If it's very light then I'll change my mind to alder. The bark doesn't look quite right to me for mature alder but it is a very light wood when seasoned, and it doesn't go orange when split either.

 

Really when I've had alder logs they looked like they'd been Tango'ed Fades to a normal colour over time when seasoning though.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Its bright orange near red when cut and goes off to a terracotta coulee when dry had it standing to saleable logs ie 22% in 6 weeks left in a windy spot it has to be the quickest drying wood.

 

Burns green splits nice and grows like a weed in wet places

 

Only down side if left in cord needs to be up off the floor or it will go piffy lost the bottom two foot of a stack year before last as it got wet.

Edited January 11, 2015 by Mortimer Firewood
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[Farmer Tom]

We don't really have a lot to go on with.

Too light for Oak or Hawthorne.

It could even be Lawson's cypress or Leylandii just looking at the logs.

 

Alder would have gone reddish-orange shortly after being cut and never really goes that white again.

 

Smell. How's it smell?

No chance of a leaf or two?

A twig or bud from the brash?

[Mortimer Firewood]

If it's very light then I'll change my mind to alder. The bark doesn't look quite right to me for mature alder but it is a very light wood when seasoned, and it doesn't go orange when split either.

 

Don't no what alder you have been cutting all the species varieties I've had go to that terracotta shade if orange once split

[Paul in the woods]

Don't no what alder you have been cutting all the species varieties I've had go to that terracotta shade if orange once split

 

Yes it goes very orange when cut/split if it's fresh but when it's seasoned and then cut/split it doesn't go orange. (Sorry, I wasn't clear in my post). The wood from trees on my woodland don't go orange after seasoning and items made from seasoned alder that we've bought aren't orange (it looks almost like birch).

 

I'm not sure about burning it green either, it'll have a very high moisture content when fresh, especially as it grows on wet ground. Agree that it semms to season quickly.

Edited January 11, 2015 by Paul in the woods

[Gary Prentice]

In the absence of visible Rays, I'd suggest alder too

[Two Acres]

Yes it goes very orange when cut/split if it's fresh but when it's seasoned and then cut/split it doesn't go orange. (Sorry, I wasn't clear in my post). The wood from trees on my woodland don't go orange after seasoning and items made from seasoned alder that we've bought aren't orange (it looks almost like birch).

 

I'm not sure about burning it green either, it'll have a very high moisture content when fresh, especially as it grows on wet ground. Agree that it semms to season quickly.

 

So, if it's fresh and split its not alder but if its been seasoned and then split (especially if it has a redish tinge) it most likely is?