Help with ID of tree

[PhysAssist]

I enjoy making people smile or laugh, as long as I don't get punished.

Bruce

Seems like you're getting pretty punish all on your own.

 

[RandyT]

The leaf pictures are confusing because the upper left leaf is white oak. the leaves in the middle are northern red oak, and the lower right corner leaf looks like southern red oak. the bark is red oak, but has some black oak characteristics., which means the white oak leaf came from another tree.

Appears the tree was dead when cut which means they will pay blocking price for the logs, which in my area is about a quarter a board foot.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

There is a small family owned sawmill not too far from here that will come pick up acceptable trees and mill them for half. In other words, you get half of the milled lumber in exchange for the tree. If you are a woodworker, you might consider such a deal if you have a sawmill nearby. The sawmill has the trucks and equipment to handle the big trunks, which is convenient, but I think they have to be trimmed and cut to a certain length.

 

[MossRoad]

Based on the bristle tips of the leaves on the right side of the photo, the color of the wood in the sawed off branch, and the lichen covered bark, it looks like a northern red oak.

I don't think those are bristle tips. I think they are chewed up tips and were once the same as the rounded tips.

The OP said "Just had to cut down a tree". That's one tree. Unless he picked up branches from multiple trees, I think they are from the same tree, only chewed by insects. There's all kinds of holes and chew marks in those leaves.

 

[Code54]

I think it is the same tree - the top was totally dead, like rotting dead, the bottom was still alive so I am guess it was on its way out. Figured I better cut it because it was within about 6' of my wife storage building and didn't want that dead junk falling on anyone or the building.
Thank for all the info - I find it interesting!

 

[GLyford]

If you are serious about getting it sawn, put a sprinkler on it. Apparently there's some type of borer that goes after these as soon as they're down. Local sawmill (now closed) had an 8' red oak log, 5' in diameter in front of their office that they said was junk, because the borers got there first.

White oak is more popular than red around here, because of the better rot resistance, as mentioned. Probably most common use for white is truck and trailer decking. Both are usually in demand for firewood, though. Not a lot of money in it for the wood, all the profit seems to be in the delivery. Not a lot of demand where you are, I imagine, but you might find someone to just take it, if all you want is the yard cleaned up. Around here, all oaks are looking pretty bare this year from the gypsy moths, there's going to be a lot of cheap firewood here if they don't recover next year.