What species is this

[Paul in the woods]

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?

 

It's the sap that's coloured so in freshly cut wood it comes to the surface. If the wood is seasoned less or no sap will come out and the wood stays quite light.

 

So, if the wood in the photo is alder it's probably been slit when it's mostly dry, hence less of an orange surface than if it was cut when fresh.

 

In my experience that is, I've only cut fairly young alder.

[Two Acres]

It's the sap that's coloured so in freshly cut wood it comes to the surface. If the wood is seasoned less or no sap will come out and the wood stays quite light.

 

So, if the wood in the photo is alder it's probably been slit when it's mostly dry, hence less of an orange surface than if it was cut when fresh.

 

In my experience that is, I've only cut fairly young alder.

 

I've only split fresh. I had some big logs last spring (my local fishing club felled some trees round the lake, free wood for me ). When I collected them they were bright orange. I split them and stacked them in the woodshed. I had an orange strip through the middle of the shed when it was full. Can't tell the alder from anything else in the shed now though (can only see the end grain).

[Mortimer Firewood]

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.

 

Trust me it burns green just like ash birch.

[Jimbob87]

When first split it was defiantly darker been split for. 8 months now

[Joy Yeomans]

Alder