Wood ID

Cherry maybe and if so yes.

Looks like some ornamental tree.

gzecc said:

Looks like some ornamental tree.

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I was thinking weeping cherry or willow.

I don't know what it is, but I would take it. The legend of 'bad wood' for firewood is only relevent for people who are years ahead collecting wood and picky. If you are not both of those things, then any wood is worth taking. What is the worst that will happen, it will burn somewhat faster than oak? that isn't a huge problem in my book. I take anything and happily burn it.

I think in El Paso there are a lot of ornamental trees and southwestern native trees that most of us are not familiar with. I don't recognize the wood in the pictures.

Bark doesn't match weeping cherry. Whatever it is, it looks good.

Looks like mountain ash to me.

Crabapple?

Burn it.

I think it looks like firewood.

Pyro- lesson one- all wood burns. If it's lighter- it will burn faster. It all needs to be split/stacked/seasoned a year (or more for oak). If you can't identify it- it's safe to split, stack, dry a year, and then burn it anyway.

I am thinking that Mountain Ash and probably many of the ornamental trees many of us are familiar with don't grow in El Paso, or at least aren't commonly planted there because there are other trees better suited to the climate.

I agree the bark and the berries in the pictures remind me of Mountain Ash.

lukem said:

I think it looks like firewood.

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+1 to that