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Wood ID for Newbie

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  1. cigarsmokingzombie

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    I’ve just gotten into the addictive hoarding business. Been driving by piles of wood going “damm that’s a nice pile”. My wife even gets me to stop to admire. Well, no more. Adding to my pile tomorrow some kind of hardwood. Please help identify!


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    cigarsmokingzombie, Mar 14, 2019
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    Elm???
     
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    Welcome to the forum. Great group of folks on here as ive discovered in a months time since ive joined. The wood is either black locust or honey locust. Possibly mulberry. Not 100% sure.
     
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  4. cigarsmokingzombie

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    Good guess on mulberry. I’ll know when I get there tomorrow. I know mulberry. Thanks.


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    ive never cut it or burned any. I remember one somehow seeded itself in my mom's backyard and grew like a weed. The gtound would be covered witht the berries and the birds loved them It was still there when her house was sold two years ago...probably 20-30 tall!
     
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    Yeah, the guy who owned the property didn’t know which leads me to believe it might not be mulberry. How would u not know the berries? The wood also doesn’t look that orange....more brown in the heartwood.


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    cigarsmokingzombie, Mar 14, 2019
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    I wasnt 100% sure, but looked it up after i posted for my own satisfaction and it does look like the pics when i googled.
     
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    Best guess from pictures provided is mulberry. Fresh cuts darken pretty quickly
     
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    You answered your own question here. The birds love the berries; then they chit wherever they feel like! In this case, your mom’s yard. Same thing happened to me several years ago. Darn thing does grow like a weed for sure. Keep cutting the saplings down and more just pop up every year.


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    we didnt know what it was til it put out the berries. I wonder what size the tree trunk is now? Have you ever cut/burned any? Ive considered it a "weed" tree.
     
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    I’ve burned it before and it smells like cotton candy. I love it. Good for smoking meat too. I’m actually burning a couple of pieces now!


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    Never burned it, but have heard it’s a great firewood. I just cut and dispose of the saplings as they show up. I would have liked to let one grow, but they were right next to the Neighbor’s fence.


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    does meat smoked with it taste like cotton candy?:grizz: LOL!!!
     
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    I wish!... it’s a sweet mild smoke like apple IMO.


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    Mulberry.... all Mulberrys dont produce berrys... :handshake:
     
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    Mulberry, good firewood. Sparks a bit though, but decent BTU's & seasoning time.
     
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    Oh yeah. It was mullberry. 5 huge trees! Too heavy for F150!


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