is this hedge?

[v-ridge]

a co worker recently built a new house, said i could come cut firewood from some trees he had cleared. i noticed this really bright greenish-yellow wood. hard to see color in pics, but did i score some hedge?

 

[Cheesecutter]

Looks like mulberry -

 

[jimbojango]

Its not hedge. i don't know what it is, but its not hedge

 

[firebrick43]

Nope, not hedge. Don't think its yellow enough for mulberry either it small diameter pieces are hard to tell with a lot of species.

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

Im agreeing with firebrick on this one. Doesn't look yellow enough to me to be mulberry. Def not hedge though

 

[v-ridge]

ok thanks guys, i wish the pics would show how bright the color is. i mean it's almost as bright as a tennis ball.

 

[Red Elm]

Irregardless of color, the bark is not hedge bark . this is western Illinois hedge.

 

[jimbojango]

i'm going to throw my money on honey locust after closer examination

 

[Red Elm]

Our honey locust is more red/pink than yellow/green...sorry I couldn't find a piece with bark on it. The honeys here are fairly smooth barked.

 

[v-ridge]

here's some more pics.

 

[Red Elm]

I'll throw in with Cheesecutter, mulberry.

 

[chads]

We get that stuff growing in the fences it's a weed here I think it is along the lines of mulberry or something else not sure.
It does burn like most weed trees do.
Chad

 

[jimbojango]

That stuff looks like a tree i have in my backyard right now. But they aren't male mulberries because i've cut several mullberries down over the years. We just always called it "locust" even though it doesn't have the huge thorns... It burns quick but puts out some heat whatever it is.

 

[Ronaldo]

Looks a lot like the Mulberry we have here in Iowa, to me.
Grows in fencelines and field edges and is like a weed, but is good firewood. Quite hard and burns long and hot. Is related to Hedge, I think.

 

[Red Elm]

Looks a lot like the Mulberry we have here in Iowa, to me.
Grows in fencelines and field edges and is like a weed, but is good firewood. Quite hard and burns long and hot. Is related to Hedge, I think.

You are correct Ronaldo, hedge is a member of the mulberry family, so I've read.

 

[jimbojango]

i'm still betting against mulberry for 1 major reason. no white ring in the sap wood. All mulberry has the white sapwood.

 

[longbowch]

I'll back the Iowa boys and say mulberry. I was just cutting some yesterday.

 

[unclemoustache]

Mulberry.

 

[Vibes]

Sassafras?

 

[UpOnTheHill]

I cut a tree just like that a few years ago and burned it. I thought it was some kind of locust. It was growing within the area of my black locust trees at the old house.