Some sort of birch/cherry?

[CarbonNeutral]

Bark is very much like a birch, but it's not a paper birch (wrong color), and it's not a black birch (wrong color grain, no minty smell). A tree guy who saw it, said a type of cherry possibly. The town cut it down so no hope of seeing the leaves.. Grain is white outside with a rich tan core.

 

[patch53]

I'm almost positive thats yellow birch. Used to cut a lot of it years ago.

Pat

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm almost positive thats yellow birch. Used to cut a lot of it years ago.

Pat

Pat is the yellow birch the same has curly birch?

zap

 

[CarbonNeutral]

Yellow birch is supposed to smell of wintergreen though as well. This definitely does not.

 

[raybonz]

Bark is very much like a birch, but it's not a paper birch (wrong color), and it's not a black birch (wrong color grain, no minty smell). A tree guy who saw it, said a type of cherry possibly. The town cut it down so no hope of seeing the leaves.. Grain is white outside with a rich tan core.

I recently posted some pics of wood that looks like yours and people here ID'd it as yellow birch which is a good firewood..

Ray

 

[Wood Duck]

I'd say that is a birch - perhaps Yellow Birch. The pics are too close up for me to get an overall impression of the appearance of the bark. but I definitely think birch.

 

[CarbonNeutral]

Ok, you guys are right - resplit again - the core (but not the outer rings) has a very faint wintergreen smell - so going with yellow birch. Apologies for the definitive "does not smell of wintergreen" - so used to the overpowering black birch smell..

 

[NH_Wood]

Definitely yellow birch in my opinion - smell the twigs (scrape off the thin bark), not the rounds. Enjoy the burn - great wood!

 

[patch53]

I'm almost positive thats yellow birch. Used to cut a lot of it years ago.

Pat

Pat is the yellow birch the same has curly birch?

zap

Not sure, but I don't think so . Yellow birch is great firewood tho, almost as good as maple and oak I believe.
Pat

 

[firefighterjake]

Yellow . . . possibly gray . . . birch would be my best guess.