Need help identifying a wood.

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I found what appeared to be a down hickory tree near my house. So I went and got my saw and came back. When I got there I got a chance to look closely at the leaves. They are really dry and shrivled. They look like maple leaves but I don't think there are that many maple trees in Arkansas.

Anybody know of any leaves that may resemble maple? I have been Googling images of hickory bark and maple bark. There are not a whole lot of degrees of separation between them.

What ever it is does a heck of a job on hamburgers. I decided to try it on some meat had to cook anyway. I will try it on something else now.

 

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sweet gum maybe tulip poplar need photo

 

[tf bbq]

Looks like sweet gum is the most probable answer. I just looked up the leaves. I will find my camera and post a picture of the bark and wood. I will try and get a picture of a leaf. They are quite shrivled.

Anybody ever smoked with sweet gum? It did a good job on burgers. I am trying it on yard bird (chicken) now.

 

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Here is the image of the wood and bark. Full size image if you need to blow it up.