Quick wood ID pls

[Wtf]

Burning this in a cabin rental north of Scranton PA this morning,, very heavy for its size , stove wood, tan, dry, dense but small pieces are easy to split, most has no bark but here's one. Thx

 

[stoveliker]

Cherry?

 

[gzecc]

Need to see the wood not the the bark. End grain too.

 

[Wtf]

Need to see the wood not the the bark. End grain too.

Not cherry , oak, maple, ash, I had those before. I'd say it's premium stuff

 

[BigJ273]

Oak

 

[patrickk222]

id say from the bark that its either prob 1 of 2 things black birch or black cherry either way pretty good firewood

 

[weatherguy]

Black birch, if it was cherry it wouldn't burn as well as you say.

 

[stoveliker]

I agree, not cherry - sapwood layer should be clearer.

Bark with horizontal stripes on the flatter pieces means it's not oak imo.

 

[fullofbaloney]

Certainly looks like mature black birch - good stuff!

 

[Simonkenton]

Bark looks like cherry.

 

[Wtf]

It does look cherry-ish,,which is what threw me, def not cherry though, wasn't very aromatic. You guys are right about the horizontal striations,,I wouldn't have thought birch family since mostly see young paper birch or w.birch which are smooth barked

 

[Lakeside]

Like others have stated could be Black Birch ( mature ) . I have burned a lot of it over the years.

 

[mark cline]

White oak

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Heavy to me means something like oak, hickory, or locust.

The bark is making me draw a blank. But I'd guess some type of oak, not chestnut oak, but the wood looks like chestnut oak.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Black birch gets my vote

 

[weatherguy]

Heavy to me means something like oak, hickory, or locust.

The bark is making me draw a blank. But I'd guess some type of oak, not chestnut oak, but the wood looks like chestnut oak.

Black birch is heavy and oak doesn't have that smooth, flaky bark. It's one of my favorite firewoods because its high in BTU's and it not messy in the house. Had two cords one winter.