Wood from Menards

[reible]

I'm not sure of this but it was suggested that this might be western hemlock, some kind of bark maggots cause the color? Well it doesn't really matter I guess but I wish they had more of it. Have to keep watching the bins.

Ed

[charlese]

Hemlock has been my guess. Bark maggots? Not necessarily. Those are what we have called "live knots" as opposed to dead knots - that are loose knots.

If the Mill was proud of these boards, it seems they would have branded "Hem-Fir", but who knows? Maybe the HTC in the brand means something like Hemlock Top Cut. Only a call to WWPA will tell.

By the way, Him -Fir brand would refer to the true firs, such as white fir, alpine fir, grand fir, etc. Not to Douglas fir.

[reible]

RE: Not the knots but the dark streaks in the wood would be the bark maggots, sorry for the confusion.

Ed

[Woodchuck]

Looks like the same thing that causes birdseye in maple.

[amboyna]

I know this is an old thread. But I saw the wood in the first post and decided to chime in. It looks very similar to some Ponderosa Pine I have. I pulled this off a chain 40 years ago. This particular pattern was called Catspaw pine. Another Ponderosa Pine in my collection has a Birdseye look. Second sample.
The mill I worked in dealt with Pine, White Fir and Douglas Fir. The last sample is Douglas Fir, which has a burl or Birdseye look. It was even rarer than the first two.

[ryanbp01]

If this was a Rorshach (?) test, I saw an owl in the light area.

[Hobbyman2]

years ago I had a opportunity to tour a wood mill that made the dash board veneer's for very high end automobiles ,you wouldn't believe the designs they find in some of the trees that they couldn't use . The fella said th owner wont sell some of his finds and some go for large sums of dough. IMO that was a good find for a big box store. to me it resembles western hemlock ,jmo