Locust?

[3fordasho]

Ok my first thought is honey locust but the leaf size and shape isn't quite right, the wood color isn't right for honey locust and the bark is a little too "potato chippy" for honey locust... so what is it?

 

[dustytools]

Cherry?

 

[CTYank]

Sure looks like black locust to me. High density, burns long & hot once thououghly air-dry, but routinely needs a few sticks of more volatile wood (e.g. sugar maple/ash) mixed in to keep the flames "happy."

 

[peterc38]

Sure looks like black locust to me.

Can't claim to know what it is (guessing Cherry), but it is definitely not Black Locust. Leaves and Bark are both all wrong for that. Also, the splits have a yellowish tint )not reddish like the OP's) in my experience.

Black Locust leaves: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...a=X&ei=Sz1cUq61IYLC9gT0pIDwCA&ved=0CDUQ9QEwBA

Black Locust bark: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...=ET1cUrDCF4X49gSxgIHYAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAQ

 

[TreePointer]

NOT black locust or honey locust.

 

[3fordasho]

NOT black locust or honey locust.

We have both black and honey locust and I agree it's definately not black locust. The bark kinda reminds me of honey locust but I can only compare to nursery varietys of honey locust. The wood color is way off for black locust and is several shades different than the last known honey locust I cut up. The leaves are the most off, too large and too pointy and not enough of them on the sprigs. There were some seed pods in the area that were somewhat locust like, but not the long string bean like ones on black locust - these were short and thick. Should of snapped a pic of those too.

I've had somebody guess Black Ash but I don't think so.

 

[4seasons]

Not locust. I 2nd cherry, or I guess 3rd. That bark looks nothing like the locust I have but looks like the cherry I have.

 

[3fordasho]

Not locust. I 2nd cherry, or I guess 3rd.

There is plenty of black cherry trees in the area, some less than 50ft away. Not black cherry.
The bark pattern is close to black cherry but too light. Black cherry wood has very distinctive color and smell.. this is not black cherry.

The wood has tight growth rings and is quite heavy - moisture content is high, much higher that what you see in green black locust.

 

[tomtrees58]

honey locust. yup but cherry wtf

 

[Woodchucker Ron]

Looks like black ash to me.

 

[bayard]

not

i have both types.not locust.the leaves look like a cherry. but the bark looks like butternut?k

 

[rancher2]

We have several kinds of locust around here some with thorns and some without but none that looks like that tree does.

 

[Cheesecutter]

I'll throw a guess at Kentucky coffeetree.

 

[climberjones]

Cheese cutter beat me to it!x2 for coffee bean!

 

[Oldmaple]

Vote number 3 for Kentucky Coffee Tree. Picture of leaves the giveaway. Bipinnately compound leaves, only thing like that around here, may be some in the warmer climates.

 

[pweber]

I cut and split a lot of locust and cherry this year and those pics really don't match up with anything I've got in my pile. Could be a different variety though.

 

[svk]

For sure not Black Ash, from what I know looks like coffeetree

 

[3fordasho]

It is Kentucky Coffeetree. Found some of the seed pods and that clinched the ID. Suprised to find it, didn't think any was around here. There must be a dozen more in the immediate area. Supposedly on par with red elm btu wise.