Ram full of cherry? Please assist

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I thought for sure this stuff was going to split easy, it is a type of cherry I am guessing. It has been laying in a field for quite one time and had no bark on it, it has tones if tiny branchlets, and the fiskars gets stuck in the wood, it is bright purple in the center. The purple MC is 17% in the center, while the middle outer part is 30%plus. If anyone can give some input on this particular species, please do.... Ty

 

[fespo]

Cedar not Cherry

 

[JOHN BOY]

What you have there my friend is cedar .

 

[teutonicking]

What you have there my friend is cedar .

+1 on cedar. It smells awesome.

 

[BrotherBart]

Make some really small splits and put'em in the closets.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Really? Wow, any info you can give would be great....

 

[Pallet Pete]

+2 on cedar. I've only seen one but it looked just like that.

Pete

 

[Woody Stover]

Really? Wow, any info you can give would be great....

Huh. Shows about the same output as Cherry. Shoots sparks. Supposed to make great kindling; They use it to make SuperCedars, after all.

 

[Thistle]

Eastern Red Cedar/Juniper.

 

[clemsonfor]

Cedar.

 

[clemsonfor]

The stuff burns great. Pops like crazy. Is ready to burn instantly if its been dead for a year prolly 6 months after its split when its green. I cut a few treed every so often. Makes a good starter wood.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Eastern Red Cedar/Juniper.

Nice pic, do you do anything with that wood that you split like that?
Thanks all for helping me to understand what I have...

 

[Woody Stover]

Nice pic, do you do anything with that wood that you split like that?
Thanks all for helping me to understand what I have...

He's into woodworking, big time!

 

[clemsonfor]

He always talks about bowls and things . But like was mentioned he does lots with his wood.

 

[ScotO]

Definitely red cedar.....smells great! Good shoulder season/morning start up wood.

And yes, Thistle is a woodworking MASTER.......great guy with a TON of knowledge.
Now, sliver some of that cedar up and pack it away in a box.....makes fantastic fire starters! I've got a big round of it I plan on making some noodles (for putting in a bag in the wife's blanket chest) and the rest will become firestarters....

 

[Dix]

Yep, that's cedar.

Found some from Sandy last fall. Seasons quick.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Great thanks...

 

[Woody Stover]

Great thanks...

No one has yet addressed the 600-lb. gorilla in the room....Where was your nose during all of this??

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Ha, actually it didn't smell all too good when first split yesterday, then I smelled it this morning, it was very faint but yes it smelled like cedar, I do have a cedar closet in my attic, when you open the door, it is super strong

 

[Backwoods Savage]

There you go Ram. You can now add one more to your list of trees that you are knowledgeable with. Learn only 3 or 4 per year and they will add up fast. You might even do better and learn even more every year but once you get a dozen or so, you'll know most of the wood that is in your area.

 

[clemsonfor]

In college we learned like 160 in a semester!!

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Your right Dennis, it has been a good first for me, I was fortunate to acquire maple, black locust, beech, sugar maple, alittle cherry, some tulip and now cedar, I am learning and very fortunate, thank you for teaching me, thank you all....

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

No one has yet addressed the 600-lb. gorilla in the room....Where was your nose during all of this??

Woody... I fired up the pit with some pieces of this cedar, all I can say is wow I have found my outdoor firewood till I get sick of smelling it, I mean it smells soooooo awesome.....

 

[ScotO]

Woody... I fired up the pit with some pieces of this cedar, all I can say is wow I have found my outdoor firewood till I get sick of smelling it, I mean it smells soooooo awesome.....

Cook up a fish fillet on a slab of that cedar.....LOVE IT!

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Yes, I bet awesome bro. I need to experiment...