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mo381

mo381

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North Central Indiana
Actually my wife hooked this one up from a farmer who had cleaned out some fence rows, cut to length and piled 3-4 cords of mixed wood. It's even piled so you can drive in the middle and load from both sides.
Some mulberry, I think some cherry and some unkown.
The white wood has alot of red in the heart wood. Also some of split fairly hard and is stringy so I am thinking some elm mixed in. I have got 3 truck/trailer loads s/s and have 4-5 left to get.
Thanks for the help,
Mo
 

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Ash, cherry, mulberry! North central Indiana better not have been my fence line....lol
 
Nope about 80 miles north west of your fence :)
 
smokinjay said:
Ash, cherry, mulberry! North central Indiana better not have been my fence line....lol
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nice scrounge there. Same stuff I have been getting.
 
RORY12553 said:
What is the bottom picture?
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Mulberry. Doesn't it look delicious!
 
Thanks, for the ID, I am trying to earn all I can. The ash threw me a little.
 
kestrel said:
Top two pictures look like pignut hickory to me.
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It split pretty easy felt somewhat light and had some red in the heartwood.
 
mo381 said:
kestrel said:
Top two pictures look like pignut hickory to me.
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It split pretty easy felt somewhat light and had some red in the heartwood.
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BOX ELDER!!!
 
Stax said:
I think the bottom pic looks like walnut.
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I have a lot of that bottom pic and not sure if it is red oak, walnut, mulberry. It has a deep red center with the white ring around the outside. Very stringy & holds moisture.
 
I can't remember now but there was alot that was yellow when split. I will look tomorrow and get some pics with the yellow and the end grain. I am sure it is mulberry.
 
The white wood that has red in it is box elder like someone said and not ash.
 
Stax said:
I think the bottom pic looks like walnut.
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Nope MULBERRY. Walnut IS a darker brown almost black when fresh cut. Jay is absolutely correct.
 
I was told by several members that this is Mulberry. The grain and heartwood in that bottom pic looks way darker.
 

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That split came from this tree. Specifically the arm or branch that is closest to the viewer. This bark also doesn't look like the bark in that bottom pic.
 

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Stax said:
I was told by several members that this is Mulberry. The grain and heartwood in that bottom pic looks way darker.
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Mulberry (and its distant cousin Osage Orange) both start yellowish or yellowish-orange,but will start turning that golden-reddish brown in just 2-3 days when exposed to sunlight & air. I have some Mulberry splits in one stack that's 22 months old now - its dark brown,almost chocolate on the end grain,sides are almost as dark..
 
Thistle said:
Stax said:
I was told by several members that this is Mulberry. The grain and heartwood in that bottom pic looks way darker.
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Mulberry (and its distant cousin Osage Orange) both start yellowish or yellowish-orange,but will start turning that golden-reddish brown in just 2-3 days when exposed to sunlight & air. I have some Mulberry splits in one stack that's 22 months old now - its dark brown,almost chocolate on the end grain,sides are almost as dark..
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The stuff i have is like the one on the bottom picture is dark brown or maroon upon splitting it...it is very stringy and a real PITA to split...this weekend i am going to take a picture of the before split and after becasue i have a lot of it and want to know how long to season and when to burn it
 
Looks like you guys are correct. Did a simple google search and found these. I wonder if I would have waited if my end grains would have turned darker. Anyhow, although my rounds were relatively small, they split like butter. Very heavy and wet. Good job guys.
 

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This what I have anybody tell me what it is? When I cut it is what much darker maroon and still is but there was to much light
 

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RORY12553 said:
This what I have anybody tell me what it is? When I cut it is what much darker maroon and still is but there was to much light
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Perhaps Red Elm.
 
Agree with everything else except there's one pic in there of black birch... I am sure the pictures line up in different orders so saying what # is prolly meaningless but def black birch. Do any pieces smell minty!?
 
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