Wood I'd Mulberry??

[Darbycrash]

This is a fresh split. Excuse my camera. I have burned a lot of mulberry in the past but I feel this may be something else. It is not yellow which turns brown on fresh splits however it is reddish brown in the heart. The bark seems mulberry ish, but the furrows are deep. The tree was about 2ft in diameter. A fresh split has a earthy and almost sweet smell. Is it maybe an elm? Splitting is OK.

 

[Darbycrash]

This is a fresh split. Excuse my camera. I have burned a lot of mulberry in the past but I feel this may be something else. It is not yellow which turns brown on fresh splits however it is reddish brown in the heart. The bark seems mulberry ish, but the furrows are deep. The tree was about 2ft in diameter. A fresh split has a earthy and almost sweet smell. Is it maybe an elm? Splitting is OK.

 

[Hasufel]

This is a fresh split. Excuse my camera. I have burned a lot of mulberry in the past but I feel this may be something else. It is not yellow which turns brown on fresh splits however it is reddish brown in the heart. The bark seems mulberry ish, but the furrows are deep. The tree was about 2ft in diameter. A fresh split has a earthy and almost sweet smell. Is it maybe an elm? Splitting is OK.

I'm not great with bark but the grain looks a bit like white oak. Do you have a picture of one of the ends?

 

[Jan Pijpelink]

This is a fresh split. Excuse my camera. I have burned a lot of mulberry in the past but I feel this may be something else. It is not yellow which turns brown on fresh splits however it is reddish brown in the heart. The bark seems mulberry ish, but the furrows are deep. The tree was about 2ft in diameter. A fresh split has a earthy and almost sweet smell. Is it maybe an elm? Splitting is OK.

The bark has some similarities with Sassafras. So does the description of what you smell.

 

[Darbycrash]

I'm not great with bark but the grain looks a bit like white oak. Do you have a picture of one of the ends?

I dont see the oak like "starburst" pattern on the ends

 

[wooddope]

I think sass or locust def not oak and too straight grained for an elm.

 

[Darbycrash]

It could be Sass, but it is really dense.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

Could be sass, but have little experience with that. Color and grain aren't right for locust, oak, or hedge. I'd say red elm, which is dense and is straight grained.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Sassafras has a very distinct aroma. I'm with red elm also, although I don't recall much smell from it

 

[Darbycrash]

I think that this is also either ed elm or siberian elm now that you mention it. The Aroma is not a strong one by any means.

 

[weatherguy]

Looks like Elm, definitely not oak.

 

[Stinkpickle]

Looks like elm.