Wood Identification please

[pops92]

Hi Guys
Got given the following by Jim but forgot what he said it was. Can't get hold of of him at the moment. Can someone please help me with identification?

 

[Beau]

First thought is Holly. Tight grained heavy wood if it is. If you can dry it reasonably quickly has a lovely creamy white colour but goes a bit green if dried slowly.

 

[lurker]

Hi richard,

Been away for a few days
Can't remember what it was but beaus guess of holy sounds about right, it will be as hard as iron if it is!

Jim

 

[pops92]

Yeah think you nailed it Beau I remember Jim telling me now.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Ash, maybe, or sycamore. I doubt it's holly, as the annual rings are quite prominent.

 

[Mr T]

The bark looks like holly to me. From the offset centre possibly a branch rather than trunk.

Chris

 

[Woody2Shoes]

It looks very like hollly - if you peel off the bark it has a very distinctive "salad" kind of smell (I always think it smells like something good enough to eat - the leaves were used as animal fodder in the good ol' days). Cheers, W2S

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Apparently only the leaves that can be reached by animals are prickly, the rest aren't.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Apparently only the leaves that can be reached by animals are prickly, the rest aren't.

Yes indeedy, that said, I think that your average hungry cow would probably even eat the prickly ones!