Mystery tree

[Wood Scrounge]

A friend had a tree topple over on his lawn and asked me if I would help him get rid of it. I said of course not only help a buddy but get some free firewood. I spend a few hours whacking this tree up but for the life of me I cannot figure out what kind of tree it is. Can anyone help?
The tree was in south east PA
It was about 32” at the base
About 28’ high
Growth rings were far apart (see photo)
The bark was very rough at the base and seemed to smooth out the higher up the tree
The leaf looks just like a paper birch simple, equal serration on the margin (see photo)
I don’t know what the fruit looks like
Sorry photos are so bad

 

[JeffHK454]

I'm no expert but I did just cut down a Mulberry and MrTreeCo is right on with his opinion.

 

[rbtree]

That was gonna be my guess as well, and I've only worked on/seen one mulberry....leaf is a bit elm like, wood hard and a bit yellow.

 

[JeffHK454]

When I looked at the saw cut log photo I'm sure it's Mulberry, you will be very pleased with it's heat out-put.

 

[Wood Scrounge]

Mulberry it is then, I always thought they had a straighter trunk, but I think this tree had been sick for a long time.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I agree with mulberry.

Here is the UConn page on Morus alba

http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/m/moralb/moralb1.html

They do not have a Morus rubra page, but here is the bud key on them

140. Buds about as broad as long, more or less flattened and appressed, generally under 4 mm. long; bud-scales reddish- brown without darker margins.


Morus alba, White Mulberry


140. Buds longer than broad, not at all or only slightly flattened, divergent, generally over 5 mm. long; bud-scales greenish- brown with darker margins.
Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

I did an IMG search on M. rubra and here is the search

http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/r...ue&padv=qall=morus+rubra&qphrase=&qany=&qnot=

 

[Al Smith]

This is mulberry,the tree,freshly cut,split.The stuff is a second cousin to osage orange and is dandy firewood.

 

[Wood Scrounge]

This is mulberry,the tree,freshly cut,split.The stuff is a second cousin to osage orange and is dandy firewood.

Now those pix look familiar, no doubt it's mulberry.

Thanks everyone!