Tree id please plus some elm

Hey yall I decided to go back to my neighbors and get the rest of the elm I left from my post the other day. Anyway after I grabbed the rest of the elm (pictures soon) I saw this blow down and was wondering what wood it is and if it’s any good any help is appreciated thank yall



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That looks like black cherry to me.

 

That’s what I was hoping it was since I cut into it and saw the color definitely happy now

 

Im seeing black birch. If fresh, snap a twig and sniff it. Has a wintergreen scent. Great firewood too. End grain pics of the bucked rounds would confirm.

Either way still a great find.

 

Not fresh so not able to smell it but the camera doesn’t do these rounds justice the color is like a peach colorish


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Well I got it all bucked and got a full load of the cherry or black birch or whatever it is


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Huh, I was wrong! Must be cherry then as birch rots fast and is usually punky throughout. Has a short shelf life once down/dead. The cherry should still have a faint aroma. Cherry heartwood is very rot resistant.

 

I saw that at first glance too and had to really think about it. By bark ID alone, black birch won't get that curled plated appearance until it's a much larger DBH. Cherry on the other hand gets rough at a much younger age.

 

It is black cherry

 

The best thing you can do to start learning about the woods you are cutting is to try to look it up and come up with an I d then post and see how close you are and if you are wrong ask how the guys came to the conclusion of what you have

 

Studied it for a while myself before settling on birch. Good thing it wasn't final Jeopardy.

 

Well I officially got all this cherry split will have pictures of it stacked shortly. I wish I could get more of this cherry it split like a dream.




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