ID please

[Blue Vomit]

From a scrounge the other day, mostly cherry with a little ailanthis mixed in. Normally I wouldnt go near the ailanthus but I figured if this guy was giving me all the cherry for free, already cut, the least I could do is take the little ailanthus tree of hell as well. Start splitting, the cherry smells nasty! Almost acidic. It is green, alot of white color in it, not alot of that darker cherry color in it. Not sure what the deal is with that but thats a different story. Split some small ailanthus, no suprise, smells horrible. Anyway, I get to a few pieces that I thought were ailanthus (pics below). Upon closer inspection, the bark looks different than the ailanthus, and it smells awesome. The best way I can describe the smell is like lime. Its a strong smell, the wife described it as "citrusy". It is heary, but green, splits easy.
When I drove by the scrounge the other day I could see more wood piled up, not cherry. It is light colored wood, i'm guessing more ailanthis or this stuff. I'm wondering what this is and is it worth it to go back for more. Thanks.

 

[smokinj]

Tulip.

 

[Blue Vomit]

if its poplar, ill pass. i have enough shoullder season wood.

 

[smokinj]

if its poplar, ill pass. i have enough shoullder season wood.

Tulip is a hardwood but not as good as silver maple.

 

[Blue Vomit]

any idea why the cherry from this scrounge smells so nasty? Acidic? It smells like when you are sick with a fever, and your fever finally breaks, and you wake up in the morning in a pool of sweat in your bed... I'm sure that helped alot.

 

[DiscoInferno]

The black cherry (prunus serotina) that grows along the edge of parkland here looks and smells something like that. I don't know if it's the soil or what. The only really good smelling cherry scrounges I've had looked different - bark was more like a purple birch and the wood was a darker red with less sapwood. I think they were sweet cherry (prunus avium).

 

[Blue Vomit]

The black cherry (prunus serotina) that grows along the edge of parkland here looks and smells something like that. I don't know if it's the soil or what. The only really good smelling cherry scrounges I've had looked different - bark was more like a purple birch and the wood was a darker red with less sapwood. I think they were sweet cherry (prunus avium).

this stuff smells nasty, I think its (prunus assius)

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Cherry just smells that way. It'll help you ID it from Black Birch. Which smells like wintergreen!

Matt

 

[woodmiser]

Looks like beech.