Wood ID needed

Hi guys. Haven't been here for a while, but it's getting back to thinking about wood heat. Just picked up a load of wood and I'm not sure if it is locust or not. When it's fresh slit it has the grain and greenish yellow color, but after a day of air exposure it stated to turn brown. I'd appreciate some help. Pics are below.

 

Honey Locust - nice score!

 

Mulberry

 

You guys are probably right. I'm not very familiar with mulberry. The splits reminded me of locust, but the bark wasnt quite right.

 

Yep, mulberry. Enjoy the fireworks!

 

Thanks

Scott, this has been a rough year. It is great to see you again too, and everyone else. Illnesses and all crazy stuff going on. I'll be hanging around more often now.

Thanks for all the answers. I'll burn a sliver and see what we got.

 

The bark had me confused too because it didn't look like the Thornless Honey Locust we have. Still guessin' because I burnt a sliver like Scotty said and it smelled nice, but not like cotton candy. Also, it lit right up and burned fine without sparking and it was off a day old split.

 

Looks like the mulberry I have in my stacks. The light yellow will turn to dark orange pretty quickly when exposed to the air.

 

I vote mulberry too

 

Yup, that's the stuff. Mine has to be mulberry after seeing this pic. From what I read it isn't a bad wood to burn, it just needs lots of drying time. Going to keep the splits thin and check moisture every now and then. The tree has been dead for a while and was cut down in June. Sure was hoping it was locust, but for free, I'll take it. For free I'll almost take anything as long as it isn't the dreaded, ELM!

 

Elm's just fine provided you have hydraulics to split it.

 

I still have a splitting wedge stuck in a piece of elm from before I got the hydraulic splitter. Gotta be three years now. I need to get it outta there.

 

BTU....right there with Honey Locust

 

Mulberry for sure

 

I burn a lot of mulberry. It is everywhere in fence rows around here. I'm not too impressed with it for the most part. It will spark like crazy if you open the door during a burn.

My suggestion is to split it small. Splitting it medium/large takes forever to dry. It is a very wet wood. This wood needs a lot of air to burn right in my experience. Once it gets going it does burn well though. No where near as good as locust however.

I like to mix it in rather than burning a full load of it. Just my 2 cents.

 

Thanks for the tip. We are in the process of splitting some of it now. Small splits it is. Mixing is fine for me to do. I rarely burn one kind on a stove fill anyway.

 

To prove its wetness... the were split in October '15 and this June they had fresh growth on the splits

 

I concur, I have a fair amount of Elm in next years stacks. You have to have hydraulics!