I came across this dead leaner in our woods a couple years ago. I was lucky that there was some bark still on it but yet I’m having trouble identifying. It tested 18-20% when I cut it but just now put a couple uglies off of it in the stove. The one thing I noticed was it pops big time while burning. I’ve been leaning towards it being slippery elm. I found a tree with similar bark but it’s in the middle of a good stand of trees. It’s a long ways to the tops so I can’t see any leafs.
The split piece looks a bit yellow like mulberry and mulberry will definitely pop when burning. The log with bark coming off does look like an Elm. Both are good firewood...... Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
It is yellow in color, but nothing else resembles mulberry. It’s all css and I’m going to burn it regardless I just want/need to know what I’m burning lol
Yep... Mulberry... both the Bark and wood are Mulberry to me... and it does have those little extra fire ants that go pop in it....
The more I look at it the more I agree. I’ve never seen mulberry grow inside a woods. I always see them on fence rows or on the edge. Also the other tree I have that has similar bark don’t have a limb for 40-50 ‘. I guess that’s what has led me away from mulberry
Yep... Birds carry the seeds sometimes... I found a dead one in Backwoods Savage woods two years ago, back along his creek... They have a good tolerance to grow anywhere....
If I was looking at the split I would think black locust, but the bark says otherwise. Not familiar with mulberry..... so I am of no help!!!!
btw, I should have stated that is Barcroftb on the atv. Chvymn99 in the one picture is holding down the front.
Definitely has a red Mulberry (Morus rubra) vibe to it. White Mulberry (Morus alba) is also common which looks much different.
Yep mulberry . It has to be super dry to keep it from popping in the stove. I like 15% or less to keep the sparks down.
bark reminds me of elm but the wood itself i cant tell. No experience with mulberry although id like to score some in the future.
The splits look like mulberry but the bark don’t look like the mulberry around here. I think it resembles this bark.
Yeah, there's some resemblance but Slippery (Red) Elm has a pinkish hue to the splits...that's "yaller wood" y'all got right there.
Used to love that stuff. Split many cords of it with a sledge and wedge when I was 10 or 12 years old
