Wood ID? Hickory?

[Rob Price]

Friend lost a tree in some bad storms- fortunately it missed her brand new home by a few feet- they moved in last week.

Anyways I offered to make some bowls out of it. It is VERY dense and heavy. I hope I can process it into blanks.

Any thoughts on what it is?

[Bob Bouis]

Almost certainly hickory.

The big center leaf is a giveaway. The rings of dark spots (bird pecks maybe?) are also often seen on hickory (and pecan).

ETA: also the immature hickory nut in the last picture. Haha.

[Sid Matheny]

If it is hickory there should be hickory nuts on it this time of year.

[robert baccus]

Great turning wood--cut it greenish, very hard when dry--smells bad cuts good.

[Rob Price]

Yea- I’m thinking thin NE bowls turned once. I may try to get a nested set of regular bowls out of one piece.