Well just so you know, we don't see a lot of it around here....I don't think it is hackberry as the bark isn't warty....... Bark looks alot like walnut but heartwood isn't dark enough. To dark for mulberry, IMO too...... Thoughts?
Could very well possibly be Siberian elm........very good suggestion, Blu...... It DOES have an end grain similar to American elm......I'll have to split it to see......
Definitely not Hackberry. American Elm is a good guess. As Blujacket said, you'll know when you split it.
Fellas, I'm pretty sure we've got some Siberian elm here......just looked at the buds on the American elm in my backyard and they are very similar to the ones from the tree I limbed today.... Only got a couple wheelbarrow loads but hey, into the hoard she goes!!!! Thanks for the input guys!
I was thinking Elm as well... Elm, Hackberry, Mulberry, etc . It's all good BTU wood!! Nice score! I wished we lived closer.. With the selection you get, I'm sure you give a lot of wood away... A whole lot! !
Siberian Elm. Much easier splitting than most American,whether green or dry.Bark & wood looks similar,dries almost as fast as Silver Maple.In June 2010 I grabbed a p/u load of semi-dead off CL.Split/stacked next to north fence.By late November it was good to go.
