Is this walnut?

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Tedbo68

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Nov 20, 2015
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Wappingers Falls, NY
came across a pile today. I think it's walnut. Also, I took the cleanest pieces, but there were a lot more with a thick vine with dark green leaves on them. It didn't look like poison ivy but I wasn't sure so I left them. Do you guys know what else it could be? I didn't get pictures of the vine.


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That is Mulberry. Black Walnut is much darker in the heartwood, and the bark is different.

Thanks, I was just looking at some other posts on here and that's what I thought. Do you have any clue what the vine with the dark green leaves might be on a mulberry tree? The other standing trees in the guys yard has the same vines all over them. If it's worth it and it's not poison ivy, I'll go back and get the rest.
 
Leaves of three, let it be. Poison ivy usually isnt a vine in someones yard. Sumac is just as bad as ivy though. Pics of the vine?
 
Leaves of three, let it be. Poison ivy usually isnt a vine in someones yard. Sumac is just as bad as ivy though. Pics of the vine?

I should have taken a pic of it but I didn't. The piece I saw was very thick and light in color and the leaves were very dark.
 
I should have taken a pic of it but I didn't. The piece I saw was very thick and light in color and the leaves were very dark.
Avoid any 'vine' with bare hands is my rule. Really thick hairy roots off the vine are indicative of poison, vs virginia creeper type vines, which have very fine 'hair' roots. Now is the time to cut wood with vines though. Tear that crap off and hack it off the bark. The leaves are the worst for getting the oil on your skin. This link will help http://www.poison-ivy.org/climbing-poison-ivy

Poison leaves will change with the trees, going yellow and copper. Usually virginia and english creeper type leaves will stay green much longer.
 
Thank you. If I can get back there I'll snap a picture.
 
Seems like everyone is getting Mulberry this past week or so. I've seen multiple threads of wood ID questions being Mulberry.
 
So there was a piece of the vine and a couple leaves on one of the rounds I got. On the other pieces I left, the vine in some sections was 2 inches thick. Is this a creeper of some sort?image.jpeg
 
That's not poison Ivy. Looks to me like vine that used to be planted around brick houses and up brick chimneys. My Dad's house has it all around.
 
Yes, I have the same vines growing on the back wall on my driveway, there more of a nuisance than anything
 
Ok. Thanks guys. I guess I'll go back and get the rest of that mulberry.
 
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