Wood ID

[Wildwoods]

I saw this dumped and thought for sure it was Cherry after splitting it I'm thinking some other kinda fruit apple maybe?
Thanks for your help!
The last pic is cherry, barks look almost the same to me but the color is obv different.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Still looks like some sort of Cherry to me, what does it smell like?

 

[Wildwoods]

Might be. I don't think cherry really smells so my nose is broke I guess

 

[Lakeside]

I have seen some mature Black Birch look like this.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I have seen some mature Black Birch look like this.

Yes that is true too, that would smell like Wintergreen if he could smell it lol!

 

[jatoxico]

Looks like cherry to me.

 

[Wildwoods]

Color is very different. Last pic is black cherry.

 

[Wildwoods]

Now I'm really curious, split ez. I'll take some more pics tomorrow. Get my wife to smell it lol

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Now I'm really curious, split ez. I'll take some more pics tomorrow. Get my wife to smell it lol

Cherry=sweet aroma
Black Birch=distinct Wintergreen aroma

If you've also lost the ability to taste I'd say Covid?!

 

[hickoryhoarder]

Apple, plum, or some other kind of cherry? I agree it doesn't look like native black cherry (the wood).

 

[Wildwoods]

So I resplit and stuck my nose to it and it's cherry. Why such a difference in wood color?

 

[Caw]

This happens to me fairly often with red oak. Some pieces are vibrantly pink and some more dull brown. Sometimes a tree or limb is just has a little different pigment. Gotta be something with age, weather, or nutrients etc.

 

[TreePointer]

So I resplit and stuck my nose to it and it's cherry. Why such a difference in wood color?

The heartwood of black cherry is characteristically pinkish, and the sapwood will be whitish upon splitting logs from a recently living tree. After a few days of exposure to air, the heartwood will turn to an orange-ish color, and the sapwood will no longer be whiteish. Finally the heartwood will finish as a charcoal gray color by the end of a year of seasoning.

 

[Wildwoods]

Thanks helpful
But, none of my other cherry looks like this. I've sorted cherry from various spots throughout south jersey. I think caw is on to something about growing conditions.

 

[Caw]

Please feel free to share with my wife that I was possibly right about something!

 

[ady5008]

Looks like bird cherry or an orchard type cherry, as compared to the black cherry you're familiar with which is native. Cherry, wild or domestic, has a very distinct smell.

 

[Simonkenton]

I was gonna say, looking at the pics, cherry. I burn a lot of it, I like it.

 

[Wildwoods]

It's cherry that's good enough for me. South jersey is mainly oak, white, red, black. I try to get as much cherry as I can just for the 6-12 month seasoning time.