Name This Wood ID

[Mr A]

Here's another one to ID and add to the knowledge data base. The standing tree is the same as the cut wood, as well as the leaves in lower right corner.

 

[Woody Stover]

Is there a moat filled with crocodiles? Maybe you could zoom in... Pic of a split would be nice, if you can sneak in and get one of those rounds whilst the crocs sleep...

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I'm thinking Mulberry, because there are some yellow cutsides and some reddish brown pieces. Fresh cut Mulberry starts as yellow and turns reddish-brown as it dries.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

In Norther CA- I'm thinking live oak

 

[Applesister]

My cell phone is giving me headaches. Cant see anything clear enough to cheat and use my 'library'. MrA, do YOU know what this wood is?
Im seeing bright pumpkin orange wood thanks to digital imagery. Dunno, cant even take researched guess.

 

[Woody Stover]

I'm thinking Mulberry, because there are some yellow cutsides and some reddish brown pieces. Fresh cut Mulberry starts as yellow and turns reddish-brown as it dries.

Natural range of the Red Mulberry we know is a good distance east of CA. Bark on the tree trunk doesn't seem similar either. Leaves look like a maybe...

In Norther CA- I'm thinking live oak

Leaves don't look right...should look more like Shingle Oak leaves (don't know if you've seen those out there.) Those look like some wide leaves...

cant even take researched guess.

What we have to work with might help us more if we were familiar with the western trees...

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Natural range of the Red Mulberry we know is a good distance east of CA. Bark on the tree trunk doesn't seem similar either. Leaves look like a maybe...

Leaves don't look right...should look more like Shingle Oak leaves (don't know if you've seen those out there.) Those look like some wide leaves...
What we have to work with might help us more if we were familiar with the western trees...

I didn't see leaves, unless the ones on the ground are the right ones

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I didn't see leaves, unless the ones on the ground are the right ones

He said the leaves in the lower right corner.

Once again, please whack a round in half and post pictures of the grain close up so we can make a better decision!

 

[Mr A]

OK, my bad. Here's better pics.

 

[blujacket]

ornamental pear

 

[Mr A]

Yea, it's a fruitless ornamental pear. Probably Bradford pear. Guy paid me to $100 to take it away for him. Along with a few fallen branches that I hacked up with a lawn mower. It took me about 2 hours to chop it all up and dumped it for free at the utility companies waste pile for tree trimmings.

 

[Applesister]

So you tossed it? Im confused.

 

[raybonz]

So you tossed it? Im confused.

I think he was referring to tossing out chipped up branches..

 

[Paulywalnut]

First picture looks like Mulberry.

 

[Wood Duck]

In Norther CA- I'm thinking live oak

There are plenty of Mulberry in California. It is a common shade tree there. However, this is a Callery ('Bradford') Pear, which is also common in California.

 

[Mr A]

There are plenty of Mulberry in California. It is a common shade tree there. However, this is a Callery ('Bradford') Pear, which is also common in California.

A lot of fruitless mulberry. I have yet to see any with red or white berries. I kept the bigger pieces, dumped the rest. I guess it burn the same as regular pear?

 

[PA. Woodsman]

The split picture certainly looks like Pear like we have here in PA. I'm just suprised how yellow the cutside of some of the rounds are when others are orange color? I've never seen Pear with yellow cutsides like that-it's almost like this was from different trees but you're saying it was all from the same tree?

 

[Applesister]

ornamental pear

Thats pretty smart to ID a genetically altered ornamental.
My guess about comparing wood would only be based on whether the cut wood was very heavy. I never heard of Bradford pears so I googled it. The trees are notorious for weak crotches and breakage during storms. But that could just mean the wood is brittle.
Well thanks MrA for posting this one. Great job Blujacket.

 

[blujacket]

Thats pretty smart to ID a genetically altered ornamental.
My guess about comparing wood would only be based on whether the cut wood was very heavy. I never heard of Bradford pears so I googled it. The trees are notorious for weak crotches and breakage during storms. But that could just mean the wood is brittle.
Well thanks MrA for posting this one. Great job Blujacket.

Thanks. I burned some last year, and it's rather good.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Thanks. I burned some last year, and it's rather good.

It's very good-dries pretty quickly, ignites and burns nicely. And yes it cracks very easily in storms; have gotten lots of it for that reason. Good stuff!

 

[Mr A]

Thats pretty smart to ID a genetically altered ornamental.

I'm not that smart, homeowner told me what it was. It is some sort of ornamental, fruitless pear, Bradford may not be correct

I've never seen Pear with yellow cutsides like that-it's almost like this was from different trees but you're saying it was all from the same tree?

Two trees in yard, so could be from one or the other. The split comes from the pie in first pic, could be lighting, or another few days drying making it look yellow. Homeowner is having the trees completely removed, so may be getting some more soon. Good to hear it burns well. I might try some on the barbecue

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I'm not that smart, homeowner told me what it was. It is some sort of ornamental, fruitless pear, Bradford may not be correct


Two trees in yard, so could be from one or the other. The split comes from the pie in first pic, could be lighting, or another few days drying making it look yellow. Homeowner is having the trees completely removed, so may be getting some more soon. Good to hear it burns well. I might try some on the barbecue

I cooked over Pear already and it was great!

I just don't remember ever cutting any Pear and seeing it yellow like that; what about you guys? It's always that orange color but who knows....and that is a pretty good size Pear tree based on the bigger rounds in the first picture; the ones that I get here are smaller when they get damaged from storms-that there has some good "meat" on it!