Need help identifying this strange firewood

[yoopers]

The cemetery across the street took down some trees last year and piled the cuttings in the back of the lot, so I recently asked if I could take some for firewood. I pulled some walnut out (very beautiful wood and almost a shame to burn it) and some of the type of wood shown in the photos. I'm having trouble identifying what the second type of wood is. There are no leaves available.

The bark is smooth like a fruit tree and the wood is pink inside. It is very dense and heavy and has a fairly strong but pleasant smell. It also splits quite easily. Although my moisture meter says it's wet, it will still burn, albeit poorly.

Your help would be appreciated.

We're new to the site and this is our first post.

Thanks.

 

[Jed1124]

wild cherry? It's good stuff, I like to burn it. Don't season it for more than a year it tends to get full of bugs.

 

[yoopers]

wild cherry? It's good stuff, I like to burn it. Don't season it for more than a year it tends to get full of bugs.

I have a couple black cherry trees on our property and the bark doesn't quite match up. I suppose there are other cherry trees I should check out, eh? I did come across photos of a plum tree that seemed to match, but I only had the bark to compare.

Thanks for your input.

 

[Ductape]

Looks like Cherry to me.......... albiet a little punky in the sap wood. Its decent firewood......... I'd grab every bit of it that you can.

 

[hanniedog]

Not a thing wrong with burning cherry, splits easy and smells good.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Doesn't look like cherry to me. Not at all.

Dunno what it is, but I'm betting against cherry.

 

[qweesdraw]

Locust is my vote. (i don't know what grows in your area)
Mark

 

[D&B Mack]

+1 on the cherry. good to burn.

 

[cre73]

Locust is my vote. (i don't know what grows in your area)
Mark

I second the locust opinion, It does grow in this area.

 

[ddhlakebound]

Honey Locust.

Wood looks a bit similar to cherry, but the bark, not so much.

 

[yoopers]

Okay, guys, thanks for the input so far. I'll check it out.

 

[turnkey4099]

Honey locust is posible but htat is an awful lot of rot in the sapwood for locust. Locust is also a very popular tree to plant in/around graveyards.

Harry K

 

[yoopers]

Confirmed! It is thornless honey locust. I went back to the pile across the street and searched and searched until I found one twig with leaves on it. Then back to the computer, I found these:

http://nd-bismarck.civicplus.com/index.aspx?NID=1210

http://www.ehow.com/how_4998027_split-fire-wood-calculate-volume.html

Also found that it is a great firewood, slow burning yielding good heat.

Thanks all for your input. It's been quite helpful.

 

[J.Walker]

Honey Locust.

Wood looks a bit similar to cherry, but the bark, not so much.

Honey Locust is what it looks like from here.

 

[Urban Forester]

Honey Locust...

 

[Biker Dude]

It kind of looks like honey locust to me.

 

[The Count]

morus nigra (just because) only then pink would be yellow.
cheers.

 

[tomtrees58]

Honey Locust. yup that's it man i hate the throned ones

 

[ray benson]

Thornless Honey Locust. Had one in our front yard for about 30 years till a storm uprooted it. Made very good firewood.

 

[lone wolf]

Locust is my vote. (i don't know what grows in your area)
Mark

I agree honey locust to be exact!