pafire
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I was wondering if someone can help me to confirm this wood....I initially thought it was popular.After splitting it with the wood splitter it split like red oak. I've never seen this type of wood before.
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I was wondering if someone can help me to confirm this wood....I initially thought it was popular.After splitting it with the wood splitter it split like red oak. I've never seen this type of wood before.
Chainsaw Jim
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It makes me think of locust when I look at the pics.
longbowch
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Mulberry
Andrew9802
Stihl441
Mulberry or Osage orange (hedge).
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NeSurfcaster
ArboristSite Operative
Since ur in PA i'm going with mulberry, I forget the other name people call it around here.
longbowch
ArboristSite Guru
Hedge doesn’t split like red oak though.
pafire
ArboristSite Operative
Thanks for the replies, I've never burnt any mulberry before, so time will tell how well it burns in the woodstove in two years.
That is Osage Orange or Locust. Just how yellow is the wood when freshly split? If it's bright yellow it's Osage, if a dull yellow it's Locust.
James Miller
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Mulberry is bright highlighter yellow when fresh split or cut also. Mulberry and osage are much closer related then most think.
James Miller
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If its mulberry it burns hot but will give you a shower of sparks sometimes when reloading the stove. Seasons pretty quick also in my experience. I'll take all the mulberry I can find.
I've never seen Mulberry that was as yellow as Osage. One other thing, when Osage is green it will have a milk colored sap, that gets really sticky when it dries.
James Miller
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Maybe they were Osage yellow, white sap. @farmer steve and I were pretty sure it was mulberry. Never saw the big seed pods that osage gets so I dont know.I've never seen Mulberry that was as yellow as Osage. One other thing, when Osage is green it will have a milk colored sap, that gets really sticky when it dries.
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Them big green “monkey balls.”
Andrew9802
Stihl441
Hedge also burns hot and puts out lots of sparks when reloading the stove.
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The mulberry I've cut has a yellow color, but Osage was used as dye back in the day. Ive stacked fresh Osage on top of other wood and after a bit of rain the wood below was stained yellow. A really unique type of wood.
FarmerGrant
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In the first picture why is the end of the round so dark?
Andrew9802
Stihl441
Andrew9802
Stihl441
I have some hedge out back I’ll cut a round off and split it to see how they compare.
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FarmerGrant
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Interesting, I've only been around birch, spruce and cottonwood. This exotic wood is new to me.
Andrew9802
Stihl441
Where I’m from they both are very common. They are in just about every fence row. Cottonwood is also very common here.
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