wood ID please

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My Oslo heats my home

My Oslo heats my home

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Just cut these two trees down, wondering what they are.

The first picture has fairly smooth bark, when cut it has a light yellow ring near the bark. I put a small piece of the bud on the log but I'm not sure it will have enough detail to see.

The second has some birch like features. It has a reddish core, I also placed a small piece of the buds on the log.

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Bradford pear my best guess. (I was looking at it as one tree)
 
No good guess on log one (a pic of a split would really help) , but log 2 looks like it could be a cherry but I wouldnt rule out birch either. I dont get to see too many birch, so I dont know for sure and my book is not beside me at the current time.
 
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The second one is Black Cherry. The bark looks right for cherry and I can see a clump of former flowers at the end of the twig. The first one is harder. The thick twig makes me think it is a hickory. Perhaps Pignut Hickory. Ailanthus also tends to have thick twigs, and I think Butternut also has thick twigs like that but I am not sure.
 
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OK, more news, I split one of each. In the first picture this log was very nice to split, quick and clean, straight grained. The second one does remind me of a black cherry I had years ago, it's very gnarly to split and this one today was no different. Wood I think your right on with #2.
 
I agree second one is cherry. Not sure about that first one.
 
Black birch came to me first, but don't have much experience with it.
 
Does the twig have chambered pith when you split it in two? The bark does look like Butternut & leaves similar also.Black Walnuts (other Walnuts in Europe,Asia also) and Butternut have chambered pith,Hickories are solid.
 
I just finished splitting a mess of black cherry that looks just like picture 2.
 
Thanks for everyone's input. Thistle was right on the money with the first, a butternut, confirmed by a neighbor. Is it considered hard or soft wood?
 
My Oslo heats my home said:
Thanks for everyone's input. Thistle was right on the money with the first, a butternut, confirmed by a neighbor. Is it considered hard or soft wood?
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Its technically a "hardwood" because of the deciduos leaves,but its really pretty soft similar to white pine or basswood in density. Getting scarce now because of Butternut Canker,a fungus disease.Its Threatened or Endangered in several states.Wood is pricey now when its available.If those logs you have are at least 10"-12" diameter,I'd consider listing them on CL or a bulletin board at local woodworking supply store.Woodcarvers really prize the stuff,its one of the best.Small sawmill or decent bandsaw would make short work cutting them into slabs also.It'd be a shame to just burn them IMO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butternut_(tree)
 
Interesting, now that they are bucked and split and stacked in a row already. Crap... As far as I can see the rounds may have been only 10" or so. The tree itself was dwarfed by much larger trees forming a canopy. It may have been only 20' if that. Can you tell me if they are generally in a wet area, the marsh is about 40' away from a soon to be developed area. There are some willows and small oaks in here as well. And to my knowledge there is one more butternut a little further in from where I was.
 
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