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  1. timusp40

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    Got a mixed load of hardwood today and found this mixed in. It's very dense, orange color, has a heavy bark and tight grow 20200604_143040.jpg 20200604_143032.jpg th rings. The guy that brought it said Butternut? What do you think?
     
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    :picard:
    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:..... Nice.... Since we have a few wise cracks going on... I'll just go out on a limb and say Mulberry...:dex:
     
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    I know soil conditions and climate can vary wood in different areas but I would go with mulberry or it looks like locust also in my area.
     
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    Mulberry. Looks exactly our Mulberry here in Iowa. Great wood for smoking, too.
     
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    I’ve processed butternut and that’s not it. Which is a good thing ;)
     
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    X? on mulberry. Great stuff. Should turn orange/brown in a couple weeks.
     
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    Mulberry
     
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    Mulberry. Great firewood!
     
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    Might I suggest Osage?
     
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    Agree, the bark is too coarse for the Mulberry I've seen around here. Either way good stuff!
     
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    Well, I thought you were just kidding around and knew what it was. Hedge! Even better than mulberry.
     
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    Yeah not Mulberry. Even though osage orange is not as common in Michigan its mo better gooder firewood.
     
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    I didnt think it grew that far North. Is it temperature sensitive? Even better for you timusp40. Great surprise in that load! :yes:
     
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    Yes it is a naturalized species in southern Michigan (which Lake Orion is a part of). It doesn't spread like it does down south though. The firewood dude probably mistook the fruit for walnuts.
     
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    But just wait until those fruits grow! For sure they won't look like walnuts then; or maybe walnuts on steroids.
     
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    Nice Tim. How much wood did you get? Is it really a Duke's mixture of mainly one type of hardwood?
     
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    Nice to see all the replys. I was sold on the mulberry until the other posts came in. Yes it is osage (hedge). It was mixed in with a trailer load and obviously the guy that brought it had no clue. I am told that the native Indians made bows from osage.
     
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    How much did you end up getting in the load? Was it just one log?
     
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