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I had much better pics from my camera but they were over the 1100k limit on attachments so the best I could do was cell phone pics....sorry
and btw they came off of a HUGE tree
and btw they came off of a HUGE tree
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I believe the one on the right is Honey Locust. The first one, on the left, is also probably Honey Locust in my opinion, but I can see why you would think cherry. On the right notice the smoother bark in larger 'plates' than you'd see with a cherry, with the vertical seams on the bark lining up to form long seams. On cherry there are many smaller plates and typically not hte longer seams that you see on this wood. The wood also looks like Honey Locust, maybe it is the wider or whiter sapwood than you see on cherry.
Never seen honey locust, but that ain't cherry. Pronounced, hard grain lines on the end, sapwood way too light in color, bark isn't right. From the look of the saw marks on the end and the dust on the ground, I'd say it's a very hard wood. Honey locust is very hard, so that's my guess as well.
I agree with Jay, the little "pock marks" in the bark are more similar to that of Cherry than Thornless honey locust. Also, honeylocust also has a more "rolled back" look to the bark rather than "peeled back". What I mean by that is that the bark rolls up into curls when it peels back.smokinjay said:
I think this is Cherry that is right in between the young/old bark phases. The smooth, pock-marked look is the young bark, and it's starting to split and give the small plate-like bark. Often times you can find both phases on the same tree (smooth bark on the branches, plate-like bark on the trunk).
OP, is the bark the same over the whole tree? Or does it vary?
Easiest way to tell if it's cherry or not, is to smell it. It will have a very sweet, strong, pleasant odor to it. It will smell just like a cherry!
If it came from a city, it's probably honeylocust. Thornless honeylocust is very commonly used as a street tree and a yard tree. Doesn't have very many deseases, and it's pretty.
If it came from a city, it's probably honeylocust. Thornless honeylocust is very commonly used as a street tree and a yard tree. Doesn't have very many deseases, and it's pretty.
Try to rip a piece of the bark off, if you can pull it off it is not honey locust. The bark on honey locust is freakishly strong, anyone ever notice that?
I have only had cherry a few times, but every round I split had a waviness to the grain, similar to your pic. The one time I got honey locust the grain was very straight.
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