Another wood ID request

[farmerj111]

Several years back I was in the Biggest Little City making a donation at a local resort and I saw an add on Craigslist for oak 2 X 4's.  I picked up a dozen of them, the guy said they were used on a construction site.  The wood was very green, so I painted the ends and set them aside.  Well I finally got around to milling some of it up, and it looks like no oak I have ever seen.  It is very heavy and hard.  Any thoughts on what it might be?

[dg152]

My knee jerk reaction is that it's poplar. However, you said it's very heavy and hard. So that makes me re-think my answer.

[Phil S.]

I don't think it's poplar or oak. You say it was green when you got it so I'd guess it is something local to your area so a location would help. The two boards on the right look spalted to me, but that doesn't help much with an ID.

Phil

[WoodworkerTom]

Spalted maple is my guess

[Girk]

I have some hackberry that looks similar to that.  Not an exact match, but very close.  And it is heavy and hard.

[farmerj111]

I picked it up in Reno NV.  It's so hard I don't think it's spalting, as I thought that took weight out of the wood.  I did see some ambrosia maple that reminded me of it, so I thought it might be a fungus.

I've never heard of hackberry, but I have lots of poplar, and it is far heavier than that.

[Bucko]

Guys may disagree with me but sure looks like some thicker Hickory that I’ve seen local Ohio here before.

[farmerj111]

I don't think hickory grows on the west coast, but who really knows where it came from.  I bought if from a guy in a very small trailer park who said he was using it to whittle knife handles.

I think I might take it down to my local hardwood dealer and see what they think.  I just found it very interesting looking, and wondered what it could be.

[Woodshop]

Spalted maple is my guess too

[Stwood_]

May be spalted Hard Maple