What wood is this.....aired dried for 27 months

[WV Sawmiller]

  The grey comment led me to think that even though I have never sawed any. I understand magnolia and holly turn grey quickly after sawing unless very special handling and a lot of luck is applied. I guess I lose out on another prize to re-gift.

[pineywoods]

Yup, been there, good ole southern magnolia or it's close cousin bay..I didn't see any knots, they would be black and quite hard...

[WDH]

The double band of marginal parenchyma gives it away  . 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

The double band of marginal parenchyma gives it away  .

say_what

[WDH]

It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring.  It is what gives it that nice grain.  Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.   

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring.  It is what gives it that nice grain.  Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.

Gotcha!

[Darrel]

It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring.  It is what gives it that nice grain.

That's the part that reminded me of the redwood.  Second growth redwood often grows very fast. I've seen 3/4" wide growth rings with the "dark band at the terminus of each ring." 

[Dave Shepard]

It is the dark band at the terminus of each growth ring.  It is what gives it that nice grain.  Yellow Poplar (in the Magnolia family) has a single band, so it is not as distinct as what you see in your pic of the magnolia.

My first thought was tulip. Makes sense considering they are in the same family. I knew tulip wad in the magnoliaceae family,  but i would never have thought of magnolia,  as i never knew it was a sawable species.

[scooba106]

How about Maple?

[two tired]

China ball. Tree

[francismilker]

Magnolia? Silver leaf maple?