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   boxbrush | May 29, 2021 06:06pm | #1

   Looks like Douglas Fir to me. Does it smell good when you cut it?

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   tbassell | May 29, 2021 10:52pm | #4

   Doesn’t have much of a perceivable smell when I cut it. I had hoped it would be Douglas fir, as it would be easier to match with stock at big box store, but grain and coloration seemed more varied to me than Douglas.

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   john_c2 | May 29, 2021 07:57pm | #2

   Doesn't look like SYP. But it's hard to tell from 1 photo.

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   mikaol | May 29, 2021 08:04pm | #3

   Grain's all wrong for a fir.

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   rob_ss | May 29, 2021 11:31pm | #5

   It's very hard to tell for sure.
   It helps to know where the wood is from as that narrows it down a bit. In NZ, that could be a piece of Kauri, Matai or Rimu. Certainly looks to be a softwood. perhaps redwood?

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   tbassell | May 30, 2021 01:45am | #7

   Southern California from a deck built maybe 20 years ago or so

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   john_c2 | May 30, 2021 02:06am | #8

   Deck, Socal, good chance it's redwood.

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   elmaduro | May 30, 2021 12:13am | #6

   Maybe weight it and match it up with a species in the Wood Database ..

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   jfsksa | May 30, 2021 04:01pm | #9

   There's a service offered by the Forestry Products Lab. Send in a sample and you'll get a reply and an ID. Plan on waiting a few months - this is not Amazon Prime. Here's the link:
   https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/research/centers/woodanatomy/wood_idfactsheet.php