Help me ID scavenged wood

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Omaha419

Burning Hunk
Jul 19, 2015
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Falling Waters, WV
More wood found at the local dump. This stuff is pretty unusual. Real sticky sap just under the bark:
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The rings are very wide.
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Thanks again!
 
Looks like Ailanthus aka "Tree of Heaven" to me. Does it stink?
 
I've burned some TOH. It is OK for shoulder seasons. Though the bark is generally very thin and does not look like the pics posted. Flakes off when seasoned. Not sure on sumac.
 
Run from it as fast as you can!
 
Staghorn Sumac, based on bark color and the multi-colored wood. It never gets much larger than the stuff you found. I think the wood is pretty lightweight, but I have never burned more than a few pieces at a time.
 
Back in Spring I got some wood that looked very similar to what you have there, and I thought it was some form of Cherry, and it was also VERY sappy. When I split it it was VERY yellow inside and looked close to what you have. My neighbor thought it was Sumac as some here have said, so I took it down to a local tree service and they thought it was Ornamental Cherry, so who knows? The pieces were somewhat bigger than what you show there.
 
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