What kind of tree?

[White Feather]

I have a number of nice pieces of petrified wood found in Central MS area while hunting with MS. Gem & Mineral club 20 years ago. Can anyone tell me what tree this would have been from? Hope the pictures are clear enough to help. 

Thanks, 

Deb (White Feather)

[Rockwood]

Most likely a shot of the end grain will be called for.

[White Feather]

Just took picture and added both ends, it kind of reminds me of a Palm but not sure. Thank you

Deb

[turtlesteve]

Does not look like palm to me.  Clear growth rings and vasculature shows that wood was growing radially.  So this is a dicot; palms are monocots.

[White Feather]

Thank you.. not experienced so reason for asking..so many great knowledgeable people on this site. Will look up what you posted

[White Feather]

so looked up the Dicots so posting in case anyone else does not know...like me...lol 

 

is a member of a flowering tree

 

Edited January 17, 2020 by White Feather
copied from website and read I should not. sorry

[Rockwood]

14 minutes ago, White Feather said:

so looked up the Dicots so posting in case anyone else does not know...like me...lol 

 

is a member of a flowering tree

 

Oops!

I'm pretty sure gymnosperms have two cots. too.

[Rockwood]

11 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Oops!

I'm pretty sure gymnosperms have two cots. too.

My bad. 

I think this could be wood of a gymnosperm or angiosperm though.

A look at a cleaned up (cut or polished) end may be needed to be sure.

[White Feather]

Have no way to polish 

[Rockwood]

59 minutes ago, White Feather said:

Have no way to polish 

 

4 hours ago, turtlesteve said:

vasculature

It's this part that needs to be determined. It may be there.

[White Feather]

Got to look up the meaning 

[grandpa]

 

10 hours ago, White Feather said:

Can anyone tell me what tree this would have been from

Hi Deb,

 

Petrified wood ID to genus/species is a complex enterprise requiring specialists who focus in this discipline.  Some ID's are easy, e.g. palm wood.  Some classifications can be made - conifer vs. deciduous  - with polished surfaces that make grain pattern evident.  Beyond that it takes thin-sliced specimens and micro-analysis of cell structure to determine e.g.,

genus and species. 

 

I don't have any skills in these more specialized areas of ID, so I can't say anything about specifics with confidence.    All I will say - provided with a whole block of salt - is that (based on comparison to specimens in my collection) it looks like a hardwood specimen to me.  Not much help, but that's all I got. 

[White Feather]

Thank you.  appreciate 

[Rockwood]

3 hours ago, White Feather said:

Got to look up the meaning 

They are literally little vessels through the wood. They would look like voids, or dark spots perhaps, in the end grain that are indicative of its being from an angiosperm (hardwood).

I guess it does seem more likely than not, but it's hard to be sure.

[doushantuo]

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