Wood with dark heartwood?

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dannynelson77

Feeling the Heat
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Jan 5, 2010
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Besides Black Walnut what wood has a dark heartwood? I have some that was dropped off to me that I really don't know what it is, but I know it is not Black Walnut. Very dark heartwood with the outer ring very light?
 
dannynelson77 said:
Besides Black Walnut what wood has a dark heartwood? I have some that was dropped off to me that I really don't know what it is, but I know it is not Black Walnut. Very dark heartwood with the outer ring very light?
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Don't have any or I would have posted it. Camera broke.
 
Hackberry has a dark interior.
 
Uper said:
Hackberry has a dark interior.

That would be my best guess as well
 
Is it freshly cut? Does it split easy or is it stringy? Dark orange, dark tan or dark brown? What does the bark look like?
 
wolfram said:
Is it freshly cut? Does it split easy or is it stringy? Dark orange, dark tan or dark brown? What does the bark look like?

This is a pig in a pock. You have all the info you need to make your guess...lol
 
Cottonwood I've cut also has a dark center when fresh cut.
 
ash. lol
 
Danno77 said:

:) . . . yeah I suppose someone had to add in the "ash" suggestion. ;)

Around this neck of the woods I mostly see apple with the dark heartwood . . . unless the tree is starting to rot.
 
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