Wood ID. Birch?

[billfred]

Smooth bark on branches. Peeling bark on trunk. In So. Indiana.

 

[Squirrel1410]

Appears to be black birch. When and if you cut it, you should smell strong peppermint. It’s what Birch Beer comes from. Great firewood - I burned some in the fall. Highest BTU of the birch family I believe.

Even if you stab the bark and peel up with the tip of your knife, you should smell the peppermint. That’s a dead giveaway that you have Black Birch.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Black Birch rocks!

 

[Modenacart]

Looks similar to the red maple I split a few weeks ago.


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[firefighterjake]

I was going to go with black cherry . . . but then again I don't see much -- any -- black birch around here.

 

[Eureka]

Either black birch or black cherry. Smell test should settle it between those two, but I think birch.

 

[Squirrel1410]

Either black birch or black cherry. Smell test should settle it between those two, but I think birch.

Wow they do look very similar, now that I look. Even the leaves are oval on both.

 

[jackatc1]

I would guess Black Cherry. Black Birch is not native to your state.

 

[billfred]

I’m thinking black cherry also now. No spearmint smell. On The neighbors property. Not sure if I’m going to mess with it or not. Still, I guess black cherry is decent also?

 

[nrford]

Pretty sure it is Black Cherry...and yes it's good firewood.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Another vote for Black Cherry. Kevin

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Black cherry is my guess. But I don't know black birch.

 

[Wood1Dennis]

Vote for black cherry, but I don't have any black birch here.
Cherry makes awesome fire wood.

 

[firefighterjake]

For the record I like black cherry . . . only negative is with fresh cherry I keep finding myself stopping while splitting it to smell the split. My wife has caught me on more than one occasion taking a deep whiff of that beautiful, sweet smell. It's a bit embarrassing to get caught smelling wood as if it was a fine wine.

 

[Squirrel1410]

For the record I like black cherry . . . only negative is with fresh cherry I keep finding myself stopping while splitting it to smell the split. My wife has caught me on more than one occasion taking a deep whiff of that beautiful, sweet smell. It's a bit embarrassing to get caught smelling wood as if it was a fine wine.

Haha that was me with the Black Birch.

 

[saewoody]

For the record I like black cherry . . . only negative is with fresh cherry I keep finding myself stopping while splitting it to smell the split. My wife has caught me on more than one occasion taking a deep whiff of that beautiful, sweet smell. It's a bit embarrassing to get caught smelling wood as if it was a fine wine.

I like smelling the fresh cut/split wood too. My wife always looks at me funny too!


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[Sully1515]

I'm thinking black cherry as we have an abundance of it where I live. Let us know when you find out!

 

[splions]

Cherry...black birch smells like wintergreen when you split it.

Black birch is a fantastic wood to burn. Cherry is OK.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

My vote is definitely black cherry.

 

[weatherguy]

Its cherry, I have tons of it here, it's so so due to the ash it creates but if you mix it with other wood it's not so bad.

 

[billfred]

I’m thinking cherry now also. Lot of it. Huge tree.