Need help with an ID(with pics)

[rdust]

Guy at work had a limb fall down in the yard and brought me in the wood. It's only a few chunks but in a few weeks he wants me to come by and help him take the tree down. I keep asking him for leaves but he keeps forgetting so this is the best I've got. Either way I'll take the wood since it'll fill a purpose regardless of what it is.

It's limb wood so I'm not sure if the trunk wood appears much different or not. It's seems to be pretty dense stuff, my nail can't mark it up like it can with soft maple/softer woods, growth rings seem fairly tight and it seems pretty dry.

It's a street tree/yard tree, he says it has no fruit, nuts and doesn't think he's ever seen it flower. The closest thing I can come up with would be thornless honey locust but it could be me wanting to make this into something better than it is.

Any ideas?

 

[Wood Duck]

I think you got it rdust - that looks like thornless Honey Locust. The fact that it was a street tree makes the ID even more likely, since thornless Honey Locust is one of the more popular street trees.

 

[smokinj]

I think you got it rdust - that looks like thornless Honey Locust. The fact that it was a street tree makes the ID even more likely, since thornless Honey Locust is one of the more popular street trees.

+1 That is some Hardwood there!

 

[raybonz]

The bark on my Honey Locust is muck thicker and has a cork appearance so I do wonder what that wood is.. Looks like good firewood at any rate especially since you said it was heavy and very hard..

Ray

 

[Woody Stover]

My guess, and it is just a guess, would be some kind of Cherry. It looks like it has those little horizontal lines on the bark...

 

[Thistle]

Honey Locust no question.One of the best woods there is.No difference in weight,hardness,color,grain pattern etc between thornless hybrids & ones with thorns found in the wild.

 

[3fordasho]

That bark matches pretty close to a couple sunburst honey locusts I have in my yard - yes it's a thornless variety. Great firewood, get all you can. Splits easy, has a bit more moisture content than black locust so give it a year to season.

 

[cptoneleg]

Thay looks like some sort of Cherry to me, this is what my Locust looks like. :zip:

By the way what kind is it?

 

[smokinj]

Thay looks like some sort of Cherry to me, this is what my Locust looks like. :zip:

By the way what kind is it?

That looks like black?

 

[dannynelson77]

Thay looks like some sort of Cherry to me, this is what my Locust looks like. :zip:

By the way what kind is it?

Thats Black Locust. The OP has Honey locust.

 

[jimosufan]

+2 on honeylocust just c/s/s 1.5 cords bark is the same. Sorry don't have a close up can get one if you want

 

[rdust]

Thanks guys! Looks like I'll have some good cold weather wood in a couple years. Last couple seasons it was Shagbark, slotted for this season will be Shagbark, Black Locust and White Oak. I always like having a cord of the "good" stuff set aside for the coldest days.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Here is a close up of the honey