Black locust and honey locust or something else?

[geoffm24]

I have been splitting some wood I recently bought. I knew a good amount of the wood was black locust but there was also some red maple, red oak, and a few pieces of black birch.

As I was splitting I noticed there were some differences in what I thought was all black locust. Some of it if very heavy, has rings in the wood and is a deep rich yellow color. The other wood has simliar bark but not quite the same and the grooves aren't as deep. The wood is almost white and not yellow. This white wood splits much easier (less hard and not stringy). I thought it might have come from a different area on the tree or maybe it was just seasoned longer.

Here are a couple pics. Thoughts?

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[Todd]

The split on the left looks like Silver Maple, the other is Black Locust.

 

[rdust]

The split on the left looks like Silver Maple, the other is Black Locust.

Exactly what I was going to post....

 

[geoffm24]

Thanks guys, I think you are right!

 

[gzecc]

I agree with the maple but not convinced on the locust.

 

[geoffm24]

He had the locust trees on his property and I saw the one which was cut. It is heavy as hell and very dense. Here are a couple more pics of a full log.

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[gzecc]

It does resemble locust although its kind of orange instead of yellowish green. Maybe its my monitor.

 

[kjayhawk]

Definitely black locust there. Have three cords of it sunning in the back yard!

 

[Pagey]

It does resemble locust although its kind of orange instead of yellowish green. Maybe its my monitor.

I've seen locust both colors. I had some last year that was orange as could be. Dad had a fence row cleaned out several months ago, and the locust we took from it were yellow/green when first split. But I agree that the man has some locust. Great wood.