Four different wood ID for you guys!

[KsWoodsMan]

what re we talking about here Honey locust or Muleberry?

Is MULEberry just a typo for mulberry ? similar to re is a typo for are ?

I am talking about Mulberry. Not MULEberry, BULberry or Honey Locust. The fissures in that pubescent bark are as similar to Honey Locust as they are to Sycamore, Hackberry or Eastern Red Cedar. That's sarcasm in case you missed it. And again too when I said I was climbing a 'honey locust' tree as a kid. Once more, when I said, mulberries grew from that 'honey locust'.

I know it is Mulberry, the OP will too when he burns it. Mulberry throws sparks when air hits the hot coals. Showers of sparks are NOT a normal burning characteristic of Honey Locust. Neither is that dark orange heart wood. They are characteristics of Mulberry.

 

[openloop]

Is MULEberry just a typo for mulberry ? similar to re is a typo for are ?

I am talking about Mulberry. Not MULEberry, BULberry or Honey Locust. The fissures in that pubescent bark are as similar to Honey Locust as they are to Sycamore, Hackberry or Eastern Red Cedar. That's sarcasm in case you missed it. And again too when I said I was climbing a 'honey locust' tree as a kid. Once more, when I said, mulberries grew from that 'honey locust'.

I know it is Mulberry, the OP will too when he burns it. Mulberry throws sparks when air hits the hot coals. Showers of sparks are NOT a normal burning characteristic of Honey Locust. Neither is that dark orange heart wood. They are characteristics of Mulberry.

Yeah well I have a cord of honey locust in my back yard that says youre wrong....and I know its honey locust due to the 8" beans littered all of the yard I took it from, and Im telling you it looks EXACTLY like pic 4/5 pinkish oranges heart wood with that same bark... maybe you are not familiar with the thornless honey locust....

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Am I the only one that sees Ash in the upper left corner of the 3rd picture-to the left of the "splattered" round!

 

[bluestem]

I'm not sure that I've ever cut a gum tree, but I am positive that is not Black Walnut!

 

[Justsaws]

Box Elder and Cherry, no Walnut.

Ash, black for the slangsters.

 

[openloop]

Box Elder and Cherry, no Walnut.

where do you see cherry?

 

[lone wolf]

Here are a few pics of some wood I just pick up. I'm new to wood identification so just looking for some help. Thanks guys.

Four different pieces of wood, not sure what they are but they are all heavy, my back is tired!

These two pics are from the same tree

Moved it down for you guys

 

[bluestem]

I don't see any Box Elder either.

 

[lone wolf]

I don't see any Box Elder either.

What do you see?

 

[openloop]

Hey OP where at in Pa are you? I wanna come sniff your wood! lol

 

[Justsaws]

where do you see cherry?

None of those cuts look fresh and many are cracked with sun fade, I think that the pictures that people are calling Mullberry or cultivar Locust are most likely a cherry.

 

[openloop]

None of those cuts look fresh and many are cracked with sun fade, I think that the pictures that people are calling Mullberry or cultivar Locust are most likely a cherry.

Yo you must have some funky cherry trees where you are at...cuz the cherry around here has WAY different bark (just cut some this week) but i can see how the heartwood color could give you that impression

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Yeah well I have a cord of honey locust in my back yard that says youre wrong....and I know its honey locust due to the 8" beans littered all of the yard I took it from, and Im telling you it looks EXACTLY like pic 4/5 pinkish oranges heart wood with that same bark... maybe you are not familiar with the thornless honey locust....

It went from Honey Locust to Thornless Honey Locust. Hmmmm

That's not a pinkish orange in the heartwood pictured in 4/5 that's orangish brown.

Got pictures ? Prove me wrong, please. 4/5 is Mulberry.

 

[lone wolf]

Mulberry is yellow not redish

 

[anymanusa]

I am sure it is gum, walnut is chocolate brown all the way through.

It doesn't look even remotely like the sweet gum that I cut up all last year and this year. Not the bark, not the wood grain, nothing.

 

[lone wolf]

It doesn't look even remotely like the sweet gum that I cut up all last year and this year. Not the bark, not the wood grain, nothing.

It is sour gum.

 

[bluestem]

What do you see?

First 2 pics are Red Oak, the next is some type of maple, hard to tell without the bark, maybe silver, the nexts ones are honey locust and the last I'm not sure of.

 

[lone wolf]

It is sour gum.

Blackgum - 100 Most Common Trees

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Mulberry is yellow not redish

Fresh cut wood doesn't have cracks from drying. His does. That end has also had a chance to weather or oxidize and change color.

Mulberry heartwood starts out yellowish and quickly turns orangish brown with exposure.

Mulberry.

 

[openloop]

It went from Honey Locust to Thornless Honey Locust. Hmmmm

That's not a pinkish orange in the heartwood pictured in 4/5 that's orangish brown.

Got pictures ? Prove me wrong, please. 4/5 is Mulberry.

Yes honey locust....the thornless kind is what i cut up a few months ago and it look exactly like the wood in the picture...its pretty much all cut, split, stacked and dry now but ill look tomorrow for a chunk to take a picture of. As for the ends checking... well that happens in about a week after its cut. I dont recall cutting mulberry anytime in the recent past that im aware of... but looking at other pictures of mulberry bark its nothing like the honey locust here in pa...

Im in Pa prolly within an hour or two from the OP... I cut a tree that looked exactly like the one pictured...not a little bit but EXACTLY a few months ago. You can only offer a guess that the wood pictured is old and the color turned red from yellow... and a story from your childhood as a reason why you think its mulberry. I think Ill stick with honey locust...along with pretty much everyone else here.