Another wood ID

[phatdonkey]

Filled the bed of my truck with this today. Free wood is always good wood, but im curious what it is.

Thanks

 

[Stinkpickle]

Cherry, possibly?

 

[claydogg84]

Cherry.

 

[phatdonkey]

I forgot to add. Split moisture content on 4 different splits wasn't over 30%.

 

[Stinkpickle]

I would set aside a few pieces to chunk up for the BBQ smoker.

 

[CTBurner]

Thats not cherry, more like red pine

 

[drz1050]

Don't think it's red pine... look at those horizontal stripes in the bark.

I'm also not great at identification, so take that for what it's worth.

There were no leaves around where you picked it up?

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Split some and post another pic......

 

[Jon_E]

That is, with 99% certainty, black birch. Even though it looks like it's been dead for a while, you should still get a whiff of wintergreen when you cut it. Black birch is one of my absolute favorite woods to harvest and burn. In addition, all of the braces in my timber-frame house are black birch. The heartwood looks like cherry but is lighter in color when finished.

 

[husky345 vermont resolute]

It's pin cherry

 

[nrford]

Cherry. I'd say......but we do not have Black Birch in these parts. Color is a little "off" for cherry but note the "gum pockets" in the heart wood, very common for cherry.

 

[husky345 vermont resolute]

 

[nrford]

Note the larger "sheets" here^^ like yes Pin Cherry. OP's pics show a flakier bark......like Black Cherry or Black Birch.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I have black cherry, it doesn't look like mine, I'd like to see it split, I've never seen pin cherry or black birch firewood....
Bark resembles silver maple to me, but what do I know.....

 

[Applesister]

Black Cherry

 

[Applesister]

Since I have Black birch in the log hoop thought I'd send some pics. I have Pin Cherry too but thats under 2.5' snow.

 

[Applesister]

The two bedfellows sharing the log hoop right now. My 2 favs.
Not to confuse this thread, but this is Shagbark and Black birch. The hickory is on the left side. Aside from their aromas they could almost be twins.

 

[gzecc]

Filled the bed of my truck with this today. Free wood is always good wood, but im curious what it is.

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Smell a fresh split and report back.

 

[nrford]

My final after seeing the Black Birch is..............Black Cherry.

 

[TreePointer]

I'll vote black cherry.

 

[TreePointer]

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That's actually a bird cherry (Prunus avium) photo that I mislabeled as pin cherry a while ago. Sorry about that. I better change them now.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

How about splitting a few and posting some pics....

 

[phatdonkey]

For some reason i wasnt getting notifications to the last few posts. Ill split a few rounds and post pics this afternoon/evening.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

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[phatdonkey]

Here are some pics of a split.