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   DHAM | Nov 29, 2009 04:14pm | #1

   It is an elm. On the picture of the stump end grain, if you blow up the magnification, you can see the little squiggly lines of latewood pores arranged in distinct bands. This is a diagnostic feature of the elms. The smoother bark makes me think that this might be chinese elm,
   Ulmus parvifolia.

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   Gretchen | Nov 29, 2009 04:49pm | #2

   Because it isn't gonna be an American elm!!  ;o)Gretchen

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   Samm90 | Nov 29, 2009 06:32pm | #3

   That helps. I've been looking for annual growth ring and bark pictures....but no luck

   Thx

   Quang

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   DHAM | Nov 30, 2009 04:27pm | #4

   Try this place.  The pics show the wavy bands of latewood pores characteristic of elm.

   http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/elm.htm

    

    

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   Samm90 | Dec 01, 2009 12:48am | #8

   Thx for the links. Lots of picture

   Quang

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   Floss | Nov 30, 2009 05:36pm | #5

   It looks like Ailanthus altissima. Especially the bark and the pith.

   Not Elm.

   F.

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   Eef | Dec 01, 2009 12:29am | #6

   quang,

   i see that you live just down the street from me and i would wager serious dollars to doughnuts that what you have there is the non native to so. calif, but oh so common, ash.
   eef

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   Samm90 | Dec 01, 2009 12:37am | #7

   Interesting, I picked it up in Los Angeles. THere is another larger stump that was too heavy for me to put in my SUV. Ash ?? Sounds good

   Quang

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   Eef | Dec 02, 2009 12:21am | #9

   hey quang,
   many moons ago bohnhoff lumber co., in downtown la, got a large load of sticker stained ash. had it not been sticker stained it would have been graded as fas. this was some lovely stuff and for the next ten years, or so, i got to choose it as my #1 wood. i am not sure of the specific type of ash that grows around here. i have heard it to be an import from the east coast. the felled logs are very common and easy to get. a friend, using his log-a-saw, (sp) cuts a great deal of it into turning blanks which he then sells.
   eef