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Interested in what woods these are

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Heya, I'm new to woodworking and I came up on some unknown pieces of wood. I was hoping ya'll could help me identify these:



I'd also appreciate any tips on how you might go about figuring out what's what…
 
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#7 ·
Interesting, the middle looked like pine to me but I've only experience was in softer pine and the weight threw me off. Thanks for the help! It seemed to me like the left and right pieces were of different species, but I can't really say for sure myself.
 
#8 ·
Farmed softwoods tend to grow REALLY fast and are thus a lot less dense, so if you're comparing a piece of old/first growth, or even second growth, to the typical stuff at a big box store, I could see how it would be confusing.

End-grain pictures might help identify the piece on the right.
 
#16 ·
Oak, Pine, ( I think we pretty much agree on that) and my two cents is soft maple for the last one, maybe silver maple. push a pen or awl or even fingernail into them if the right one much much softer than the oak and similar to the pine I'd be confidant it's soft maple.
 
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