Tree ID help

[NPurdy1112]

Hello everyone,

Was cutting some trees down today and found one that I do not know what it is. We just moved to 20 acres in July so I am still learning my trees. Can anyone help ID from my picture? I will be going back out tomorrow and can get more/better pictures.

Thank you,
Nick

 

[nybirdman]

Looks like a cherry to me.Great firewood.

 

[japody]

Looks like a cherry to me.Great firewood.

That would make a nice piece of furniture.

 

[NPurdy1112]

Thank you guys!

I will be giving some or most to a friend to have milled.

 

[jaxs]

Thank you guys!

I will be giving some or most to a friend to have milled.

Tend to bores before it is in storage for long. High heat or fumigation.

 

[NPurdy1112]

I will relay the information.

He won't be over for at least a week to look at it. Then we cut, load, and haul to someone with a mill and kiln.

 

[4570Man]

I’d start cutting firewood length pieces off the butt until you get to solid wood. It’s rotten and no good.

 

[2ndhalf]

I thought Locust when I first saw it.. Not sure though.

 

[oosik]

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.

 

[polo1665]

Definitely Cherry......ants love it.