Wood Identification

[yinpin]

Was just talking to my elderly neighbor who was out trying to cut up a tree. He's admittedly is getting too old for it so I told him that I would help. He does not have any plans for the wood and offered it up. I have a lot of wood that I need to split myself from a tree I took down but didnt know what this was.

What do we have here?

 

[NickW]

Looks like cherry. Burnt potato chip bark. Very distinctive sweet smell. Good wood. Sapwood looks a little iffy but the heartwood looks good.

You're farther south than me though, so I don't know anything about some of those more southern species (gum, sassafras, etc).

 

[gzecc]

Cherry. Great wood

 

[BigJ273]

It’s definitely cherry. Should smell delicious. Dries quick. Burns decent. Smells great while burning also if you’re outside to smell it

 

[yinpin]

I thought the bark looked like cherry but it is far taller and straighter than any cherry and I dont recall it blooming like a cherry. This section of three trees, split off another section of 2 and they are all really tall. The cherry that I had on my yard and the other cherry he has is short, fat and branchy. I will get a better look at the remaining tree tomorrow. I didnt smell the cherry but I wasnt there when he was cutting it, just went up when he stopped!

Thanks!

 

[Caw]

Black cherry. Terrible firewood...in fact, why don't you just send that up to me. I'll make sure to dispose of it properly for you.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Bark looks like black cherry. And you don't have the giant rounds I'm about ready to try and split.

 

[Caw]

I find cherry to be ok to split. It's stringy but not like elm etc. The only issue i have with it is that it likes to split irregularly. I always end up with lots of uglies, but those burn too. I chunk some of them up for summer BBQs and use the others for shoulder season. Overall though it's just a great wood.... and as a woodworker, the best grain/ color too. It's my fav wood.

 

[yinpin]

Went over there today and got a few more pics and hope to cut on some tomorrow. I just have never seen a black cherry this tall. He will probably lose the rest of it in time.

 

[gzecc]

That is a big cherry. If thats what it is.

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Big, but not real unusual for an open space cherry.

 

[BigJ273]

I’ve seen some big ones like that.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Thats cherry.. get as much as you can.. Iv had 30 inch+ rounds of it before.. great wood.. dries fast.. Depending on the tree it an be straight grained.. some are slightly twisted..

 

[Caw]

Cherry can get big: