What kind of wood is this?

[Whittled Thumb]

I bought some wood at home depot, not for carving but fora project. I was sawing some of it and its really soft and its white and the grain is similar to Bass wood. Thought I'd take a piece and carve on it. It carves really close to bass wood just a tad bit harder.

Can it be white pine?

[Buffalo Bif]

The HD here sells Aspen- white and soft, not amber like pine. Less grain than pine, typically too.

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

A friend of mine carves northern white pine from Maine. He prefers it to Bass.

Dave

[Buffalo Bif]

I was told that sugar pine carves like spanish cedar, one of my favorites, but so far i have not been able to get my hands on any.

[BeaverDon]

I'm pretty sure you have a piece of Aspen.

[Jim Arnold]

Sounds like Poplar to me.

[Nomad]

This is northern white pine:




This is poplar:



Northern white pine is lighter in color while poplar can have some greenish or brownish tints depending on how much heartwood is in it. The sapwood is lighter in color.

[idigjars]

I've carved sugar pine fish decoys without too much trouble. Paul

[steve brown]

I have bought Aspen from Home Depot to carve. I have only found 3/4 inch to be the thickest available. Not bad to carve.
Steve Brown Woodcarving

[Big Barn]

without a picture - it's tough to tell. Depending on what part of the country your in could narrow it down as Home Depot - a national chain, receives a good part of it's specialty woods from local mills. ??? My money is on sugar pine.