what kind of wood is this

[kentuckyblue]

i found this tree on my land while cutting wood and thought the bark looked like a young cherry tree the ice storm last year knocked it over but the root ball was still in the ground some people have told me its pine but i dont thinkl that is right no needles does anyone know before i waste time splitting it to burn next year?http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z237/kentucktslavemaster-inc/?action=view&current=Picture403.jpg http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z237/kentucktslavemaster-inc/?action=view&current=Picture404.jpg

 

[PA Plumber]

The bark pic is a little skinny.

The grain color doesn't look like anything we have around here.

Coffee tree?

 

[rms61moparman]

That right there is a Hedge/Osage orange.
Hard as a brickbat, stringy to split, and quite possibly the worlds greatest firewood.

 

[Uncle John]

It'll eat yo chain up!

 

[PA Plumber]

That right there is a Hedge/Osage orange.
Hard as a brickbat, stringy to split, and quite possibly the worlds greatest firewood.

Well then, maybe we do have that around here. I've haven't gotten into any.

Did build a treestand in one once. Man, it was tough nailing. The landowner helped me and just laughed when I told him were I'd like to build a stand.

Yep, he went with me and chuckled the whole time. Got that thing in the tree though!

 

[kentuckyblue]

Hedge/Osage orange.? i have one of them in the front yard was wondering what it was do the trees looks change because the one i know for sure now is a Hedge/Osage orange. doesnt look the same i will get a better pic of the bark i hope you are right be cause i have a few trees just like the one in the pic on the ground already thanks for looking



mike


:newbie:

 

[rms61moparman]

The bark changes as the tree matures.
Cut into a limb and you will see that same beautiful golden yellow sawdust.
Locust has the same color sawdust, but their bark is usually real rough by the time they get as big as the one in your pic.
They are great to burn also but don't split as easily as hedge. (usually)

 

[buzz sawyer]

How hard was the wood? Kind of looks like a sumac, possibly Chinese, aka Ailanthus/Tree of Heaven. This is fairly hard but no where near Osage orange. If it's osage orange the saw dust would be bright yellow. Can we get a bigger area of bark in a photo?

 

[kentuckyblue]

i know for a fact this this a osage because i shot the green balls with my boom stick http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z237/kentucktslavemaster-inc/Picture414.jpg this is a better pic of the bark http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z237/kentucktslavemaster-inc/Picture415.jpg this is a pic of the seed pod that was on the tree http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z237/kentucktslavemaster-inc/Picture415.jpg i am not saying you are wrong just want to be sure before i go at it
the saw dust was bright green it did to me my wife said yellow

 

[rms61moparman]

Awful dark bark for Mulberry, and coarse grained.

 

[kentuckyblue]

its a sumac the fruit tells the tail now can i burn it?



thanks for the help

 

[kentuckyblue]

Staghorn Sumac that is what i came up with from the looks of the fruit on http://oplin.org/tree/fact pages/sumac_staghorn/sumac_staghorn.html it looks just like the fruit on my tree the live tree standing alone is a osage orange i know that for a fact like i said i shot the fruit with my shotgun

 

[RVALUE]

Well then, maybe we do have that around here. I've haven't gotten into any.

Did build a treestand in one once. Man, it was tough nailing. The landowner helped me and just laughed when I told him were I'd like to build a stand.

Yep, he went with me and chuckled the whole time. Got that thing in the tree though!

don't they have lots of stickers? dedication

 

[ROOTSXROCKS]

I didn't know they got so big, the wood looks like it would make some pretty veneer, zebra striped an all.

 

[PA Plumber]

don't they have lots of stickers? dedication

The Hedge/Osage Orange trees I have seen didn't have any stickers.

The one I put the tree stand in was incredibly hard. I think I bent two nails for every one I actually got into the tree. These were extra wide barn spikes. Not flimsy 16d framers.

 

[RVALUE]

The Hedge/Osage Orange trees I have seen didn't have any stickers.

The one I put the tree stand in was incredibly hard. I think I bent two nails for every one I actually got into the tree. These were extra wide barn spikes. Not flimsy 16d framers.

Do they have stickers when they are young saplings? Yellow wood/bark?

 

[kentuckyblue]

the sumac is a real nice looking wood i thought sumac was like a poison ivy plant not a tree wonder if it will burn good?

 

[PA Plumber]

Do they have stickers when they are young saplings? Yellow wood/bark?

I just figured those types of trees were Honey Locust saplings. They are nasty.

 

[kentuckyblue]

they were planted as living fences - or hedges - along the boundaries of farms, and have spread widely from these restricted, linear beginnings. The trees are easily recognized by their glossy, lance-shaped leaves (see illustration), and their short, stout thorns. good call

 

[kentuckyblue]

]they were planted as living fences - or hedges - along the boundaries of farms, and have spread widely from these restricted, linear beginnings. The trees are easily recognized by their glossy, lance-shaped leaves (see illustration), and their short, stout thorns. good call[/QUOTE]