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    Tree Identification Help?

    I don't even know if this will be possible, is anyone able to tell me what kind of wood this is I have used? If it helps it is about 3cm diameter.

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    Looking at the core I would say it's elder

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    Seconded, most likely an Elder .
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    Thanks for the help. The tree is only 50 yards from me, there are a good number of the same tree still standing around it, as the leaves start to appear on the trees I'll get a photo and post it to be sure.

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    It's not Elder. No way.

    The bark is more like Sycamore. The pith is unusual, but then trees do unusual things from to time.

    Pictures of branches/twigs showing arrangement i.e how they come off the trunk/branch would help as would pics of buds (they don't need to have burst).

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    I have to agree that bark doesn't look like elder.
    Could be one of the acers.
    If there are any leaves remaining on the ground that would help. Sycamore leaves can take a long time to break down. They are palmate and often have 'tar spots' on them.

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    I'll nip out either tomorrow or Sunday and get some pictures that will hopefully help.

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    I got a few more pictures, a little later than intended. It's also been suggested to me that it is ash, could this be the case? I included one of the brackets growing on the trunk, not sure if this will help, but I'm wondering if it's possible to tell how long ago the tree fell from these?

    I did take a few more of the smaller branches, but they were all intertwingled with another tree that this one landed on.

    If anyone can tell the type of fungus from this image that would be great too.

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    Well I'm still inclined towards Sycamore. It could be Ash but your spoon looks too dark in places - the fungal infection maybe responsible for that - it is almost certainly the cause of the spongy pith in your sample.

    If the branches are intertwined can't you extract some, because to be honest these pics don't help very much at all.

    That said the leaf litter on the ground in the middle pic looks like Aceracae - Maple family.
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    Thanks, I had a feeling they wouldn't be great. I deleted the other pictures. I'll nip out over the next day or so and get more. If that doesn't help I'll wait till the spring settles in and get some images of surrounding trees of the same sort.

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