Here’s some Cherry that was cut 2 weeks ago & just split for the photo. Bark looks the same to me, OP’s heartwood is darker but as suggested the sniff test will tell a lot.
I went to one of my other scores yesterday and noodled som huge oak rounds that were all grey and about 5 years old. I brought them to Joe, 4 more cords to go out of 14. Hes got a good size farm and sent me home with food.
The bark does, sort of, but the wood is way too hard and there's no bloody sap. The cherry has a bitter fragrance to it when fresh cut or split. Black cherry is much better firewood than pine by a longshot gauged by length of burn.
I originally said Pine because the Cherry I deal with has similar bark, but it is slightly more flaky than EWP. I've also processed EWP with a reddish hue. I agree with Warner, that after sitting for years as originally posted by Woodwhore, the sap would likely be non existent. A smell test is in order for sure.
