Tree ID help

[forgeblast]

Black Cherry, will smell of almonds
Prunus serotina - Wikipedia

 

[nybirdman]

If you are going to have the log sawn;paint the ends as soon as possible to prevent checking.

 

[yanmars]

The bark also looks like cherry and the wood color also. Cherry wood darkens when exposed to light after some time.

 

[milligan36]

Cherry, i use it to bbq sometimes

 

[NPurdy1112]

Thank you everyone. I found a much more solid and better looking tree after some searching.

What do you recommend painting the ends with?

 

[deanocraft]

Any old paint will do. I have used latex based paint that we had lying around and it worked well. Paint it on thick! That looks like cherry to me as well. Cherry is far too valuable to chop up for firewood... You can definitely do that with the smaller stuff, though. I'd cut it into lumber.

 

[bunyip]

I use parafin wax but paint will do.

 

[DrRod]

Unfortunately, around here the only wild, native trees are Ponderosa pine. However, the pics the OP posted look very much like my old - 30 year - cherry trees. Definitely NOT anything like the black locust planted at many homesteads around here. If you move a few feet up the trunk and find solid wood - this wood could make excellent furniture or even musical instruments. For musical instruments - hard, very tight grained wood works best. Brazilian Rosewood is one of the very best amongst the hard wood varieties. Hard, tight grained cherry can come very close to rosewood.

Sorry to pick up on this and deviate in the thread but I just had to tell you that I once took some wood to an instrument maker and it was a great experience. The wood was some old chestnut and we had it kiln dried to make into blanket chests. I then flew to Denver with a few leftover boards in a long duffle bag. Then drove to Manitou Springs to the Cripple Creek Dulcimer Shop. They made the most beautiful instrument complete with inlaid vines of mother of pearl. Its a real treasure and a family heirloom in the making.

 

[nybirdman]

We have a fair number of Cherry trees in the area;hard to find a nice saw log.It does make nice finished wood and excellent fire wood.

 

[NPurdy1112]

Sorry to pick up on this and deviate in the thread but I just had to tell you that I once took some wood to an instrument maker and it was a great experience. The wood was some old chestnut and we had it kiln dried to make into blanket chests. I then flew to Denver with a few leftover boards in a long duffle bag. Then drove to Manitou Springs to the Cripple Creek Dulcimer Shop. They made the most beautiful instrument complete with inlaid vines of mother of pearl. Its a real treasure and a family heirloom in the making.

WOW! That would be an exciting and lasting experience. What did you have made? Feel free to share, I do not mind. I have always wanted to re learn an instrument. I took lessons in elementary school, kicking myself for not sticking with one.


Found this more solid looking cherry today.