Tree ID

[Ink]

So i cut down a 6" tree today cause it was nice and straight and had many usable sections all the way up it. Before i cut it i had thought it was an elm of some sorts. It had just started budding i could see the leaves that looked like Elm leaves. Anyways after cutting it i noticed that it had a darker heart wood section. I've cut elm before and never seen a darker heart wood area. Any thoughts on what this might be?

[Josh B]

Red elm...good stuff!  Josh

[Ink]

yeah i thought it was slippery elm, just never seen it with the dark heart

[osage outlaw]

Have fun splitting it 

[Josh B]

Have fun splitting it 

 

[Ink]

Lol, i split a 14" elm log once. Needless to say i had a hard time walking after.

[4dog]

just hope it works out better than that bad batch you got

[Auggie]

Looks like elm to me. id say saw a kerf down it first to help split the beast!

[PatM]

The dark heartwood is why they call it Red Elm.

[WhitefeatherFout]

Yep, red elm.  Just split some yesterday.  Actually split out real nice and easy.  A little stringy bit nothing a hatchet won't take care of.

[lebhuntfish]

Yep, that's red elm. I cut a couple one time for fire wood that was about 3 feet across! Lucky I had a wood splitter.

[Steve Milbocker]

Be sure to duck when it spits a wedge at you

[wapiti1997]

Not that it matters much, but that looks more like American elm to me than slippery/red.  Easy way to "test" is to take a leaf and place it in your palm, clap your hands together.  The red elm will stick to your hand, American will fall off.  Red has larger leaves and has a sandpaper feel to the top side.

[DavidV]

Take a knife and cut into the outer bark. If you see alternating light and dark layers in the bark it's american. But it looks like slippery/red elm to me.