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[MATTYB11]

I know you guys love these. Found this stuff at the local brush dump. It's heavy as sin, splits like red oak, and cuts harder than white oak (apparently I need to keep practicing my sharpening skills.) The heart wood is yellow like black locust. I went through my little book with color pics of bark but without any leaves it's almost impossible for me to identify. Any thoughts?

 

[MATTYB11]

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[Andyshine77]

How yellow is the heartwood in person? If it's bright yellow it's Osage orange. The grain of the wood also looks like Osage. I'm guessing the pics don't give a good representation of the true color of the wood.

 

[MATTYB11]

Yea the yellow is kind of bright. the "yellowist" wood I've ever seen anyway.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

It's Mullberry. Pops and throws sparks like OO but not quite the same for heat. Still a good firewood and worth bringing home.

 

[Andyshine77]

Yea the yellow is kind of bright. the "yellowist" wood I've ever seen anyway.

If it's that yellow, it's most likely Osage.

Is it this yellow? if not Mulberry is also a good guess.

 

[MATTYB11]

Andy looks allot like that. I have never heard of oo around here. Maybe I got lucky. There were 2 6' long by 36" dia logs of the same stuff there (looked like they cut the trunk in half but I didn't have a saw with me and there was nooooo way I could have loaded those by hand. I think I'll go back tomorrow and see if they are still there. At that size I doubt anyone would have bothered with them.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

There is a big difference in the bark between the two. In the upper left corner, the 8" round next to the splitting maul is a good example of the OO bark. Hedge will have a thinner, stringier bark that almost looks like it is shredding. Usually brown over orange instead of black/brown over green/tan. OO doesnt have half the sap wood of Mullberry.

 

[PaulinNY]

I.d.

Im saying fresh locust. Id put money on it. Not much though, just in case!

 

[Andyshine77]

There is a big difference in the bark between the two. In the upper left corner, the 8" round next to the splitting maul is a good example of the OO bark. Hedge will have a thinner, stringier bark that almost looks like it is shredding. Usually brown over orange instead of black/brown over green/tan. OO doesnt have half the sap wood of Mullberry.

That's a good point. I was also thinking the bark doesn't really look like OO.

 

[MATTYB11]

I was going to take some better pics today but its raining fairly steady outside so that will have to wait till' tomorrow.

I'm saying fresh locust. Id put money on it. Not much though, just in case!

It's not black locust the bark is way off. I cut about 2 1/2 cords of that stuff last year.

 

[gink595]

It's Mullberry. Pops and throws sparks like OO but not quite the same for heat. Still a good firewood and worth bringing home.

Thats what I thought also.

 

[i'mstihlaguy]

Andy looks allot like that. I have never heard of oo around here. Maybe I got lucky. There were 2 6' long by 36" dia logs of the same stuff there (looked like they cut the trunk in half but I didn't have a saw with me and there was nooooo way I could have loaded those by hand. I think I'll go back tomorrow and see if they are still there. At that size I doubt anyone would have bothered with them.

36" diameter? I've never seen osage, mulberry or locust get that big where I live.

 

[brisawyer]

My money is on Honey locust. I have gotten some huge ones out of yards. I think some of the cultivated ones have no thorns.

 

[mimilkman1]

My money is on Honey locust. I have gotten some huge ones out of yards. I think some of the cultivated ones have no thorns.

I thought that honey locust wood had more of a green tint to it when green.

Kyle

 

[MATTYB11]

36" diameter? I've never seen osage, mulberry or locust get that big where I live.

The tree must have been a good size. The pieces I took are between 10" and 16" in diameter and I think they were all limbs from that tree. I watched the guy dump it all out of the same chip truck and there had to be 2+ yards of the same color yellow chips that were dumped with it. I would have asked what type of wood it was but I was about 60' away and he didn't stick around, pulled in dumped the load and screwed. He was in and out in probably a minute or so.

 

[bigjake]

Looks like honey locust it will get dark in about a weak .and they get big we
im not 100 sure but if it darkens then take a pic plus a better one of the
bark.

 

[tomtrees58]

It's Mullberry. Pops and throws sparks like OO but not quite the same for heat. Still a good firewood and worth bringing home.

yup thats it tom trees

 

[woodbooga]

The first pic had me thinking black cherry, perhaps taken when the light was weird, giving that yellowish look.

I'm with the mulberry guys. Pretty much dismissed hedge since I've never (knowingly) encountered it in New England.

Mulberry was introduced here in the mid-1800s as part of an ill-fated effort to create a domestic silk industry. It found favor as a yard tree as an ornamental and for its yummy berries.

 

[danrclem]

36" diameter? I've never seen osage, mulberry or locust get that big where I live.

http://news.webshots.com/photo/1292803509035540649xhtlzr

Take a look at this osage orange. You can get an idea of its size by comparing it to the benches around it. It's in Fort Harrod State Park in Ky.