Cherry or Black Birch possibly?

[TheAardvark]

I had some wood dropped off today and it had this in it. To me it looks like birch from the bark, but it is lighter in weight than the maple in the pile with the same moisture % so I was not exactly sure what it is. The inside of the split is yellowish. I was thinking maybe cherry also. Anyone have an idea?

 

[Pellet_Pete]

Doubt it's birch. Most likely cherry, but I thought all the cherries had a colored heart? Give it the sniff test. My "left field" guess is Japanese tree lilac, Syringa reticulata, which is seeing something of a revival in the landscape industry.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Black cherry. See you were right the whole time.

 

[TheAardvark]

Doubt it's birch. Most likely cherry, but I thought all the cherries had a colored heart? Give it the sniff test. My "left field" guess is Japanese tree lilac, Syringa reticulata, which is seeing something of a revival in the landscape industry.

To me it smells like maple. Nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[barmstrong2]

I just posted the very same type of wood last week. The answer that fit best was pin cherry. I actually just split this wood yesterday. Glad I had a hydro because most of it would have gone to the uglies pile. This stuff is somewhere between yellow birch and American elm to split.

 

[Dix]

That's cherry. My favorite firewood

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Not black cherry, nor black birch.....would agree it's pin cherry

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Not black cherry, nor black birch.....would agree it's pin cherry

I believe you are correct!