Wood ID please!

[Ksracer]

This blew down earlier this summer. I cut and split it for campfires, now I'm wondering what it is since I just got a stove. It's no where close to being ready to burn, already tried a small sliver, lol.

It came out of a creek bottom in KS, if that helps. I know there's a lot of cottonwood in there, but I have no idea what this was.
Thanks.

 

[Larry in OK]

Looks kind of like Mullberry.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

From that photo I'd say black cherry.

 

[Woody5506]

I'm saying mulberry.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

I'm saying mulberry.

How does one argue with the Minister of Fire?

 

[blades]

How does one argue with the Minister of Fire?

mulberry- bark doesn't look quite right for Cherry that i am used to.

 

[Woody5506]

How does one argue with the Minister of Fire?

I'm far from an expert! But I've had my share of mulberry and it looks spot on to that. Seasons to a really nice deep red color. It's almost a shame to use for firewood for how nice of a wood it is but I'm not a wood worker of any sort, so it at least makes for great BTU's!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Mulberry no question....

 

[Kevin Weis]

Yes, Mulberry.

 

[Larry in OK]

Mullberry is sort of a cousin to Boise D' Arc. Not quite as hard or rot resistant but can also be used to make a good bow.

 

[Ksracer]

Thanks guys! I know my neighbor often talks about his mulberry trees, so I bet that's what it is.

 

[Woody5506]

Get all you can, it's a great wood.

 

[Qvist]

Mulberry sparks a lot when it burns usually right when you open the door or break up coals. Other than that burns well.

 

[Ksracer]

Get all you can, it's a great wood.

Ha! Gave a truckload away because I didn't have a stove.

 

[keegantimber]

So. Is this black cherry or mulberry? Some summers small red berries about the size of a peanut fall and stain my deck.

 

[Larry in OK]

The bark on that one says Wild Cherry/Black Cherry to me.

 

[Qvist]

Same here that looks like Black Cherry. They do drop small "cherrys".

 

[keegantimber]

Thanks guys

 

[Woody Stover]

So. Is this black cherry or mulberry? Some summers small red berries about the size of a peanut fall and stain my deck.

Black Cherry, without a doubt. And note the horizontal lentices on the bark..
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[Sawset]

These are horizontal lentices on black cherry? Not sure if I'm seeing any of that here. The first op looks like mulberry. The second sure looks like cherry. Not sure of the lenticile thing.

 

[Kevin Weis]

These are horizontal lentices on black cherry? Not sure if I'm seeing any of that here. The first op looks like mulberry. The second sure looks like cherry. Not sure of the lenticile thing.

That's not Black Cherry or Mulberry. Bark look like some sort of ornamental cherry.

 

[Sawset]

That's not Black Cherry or Mulberry. Bark look like some sort of ornamental cherry.

That could be. But as an example of lenticiles, others like birch have the same type of thing. It was suggested they are on the black cherry photo - I guesse I don't see them on the more mature bark.

 

[Woody Stover]

mulberry- bark doesn't look quite right for Cherry that i am used to.

I've never seen Cherry with that pronounced of growth rings, either (1st pic.)

 

[Stinkpickle]

The first pic looks like mulberry. The second pics look like black cherry.

 

[CincyBurner]

My 2c . . .
Top pic of OP - mulberry:

• bark is striated, which is unlike the stereotypical 'corn flake' bark of black cherry as noted in post #15 by keegantimber.
• Also in OP's pic heartwood is yellow for some pieces and reddish in a couple other pieces (and light/ bright sapwood). All mulberry.

Mulberry fruit (white, reddish to black/purple) is an aggregate (multiple seeds) and looks like a blackberry.
Cherry will have a single seed/ pit/ stone.

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