What kind of wood is this please help

Looks like it's in the Birch family to me. I once made a pipe from a piece of aged Birch and it lasted for years. I have since gifted it and it's still in use.



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Black Cherry.

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Black cherry final answer.

Wow! I kind of hit the jackpot and I got a crap ton of it. Black walnut, too.

Should smell like it when you cut it.

I didn't put my nose that close to the fast, sharp chain, so I didn't really smell it...

You should do a diy chainsaw mill and get some slabs out of it.

I was going to do some pipes out of it. Possibly some bowls, cups, etc.... lathes are the best!

If the leaves are serrated, I would go for the cherry family. Have fun.

Pictures taken of a Black Cherry Tree nearby:

The Bark


The Leaves of the Black Cherry Tree




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That's a much larger tree. Cherry is my best guess. 19 years as an ISA Certified Arborist. I'd be very surprised is I was wrong.

I'll be talking to alpha about wood now.

Any Brother or Sister is encouraged to use me as a resource for tree or medical related questions. Southeastern trees (tropicals the exception) I am good at identifying, since I am from that region.

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Matt

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You're welcome, bud.

From the Bark it apears that it is probably White Birch. My Grandparents had a forest of these trees on their property up in New Hampshire and I became familiar with these trees and their unique bark.

Could be a flowering Cherry or Plum variety. The bark sure looks different from the Black Cherry in the photo- but looks exactly like a big Flowering Plum I have. Leaves look right too.

What say ye Mr. Arborist?

I think you guys are right.

Is it good pipe making wood?

I still say it's in the Birch family, I used a magnifying glass to look close at the unique Bark in the picture Travis posted. It's exact to a Birch tree near by where I live and the leaves are serrated exactly the same way.  But the only other possibility it's a flowering Plum tree. However the bark peels differently on the Birch tree then the Plum tree, and looks like the pictures Travis posted. Whether it's Birch, Black Cherry or flowering Plum, all woods listed can be used to make a pipe.  However the Plum wood would have a very different grain and many more knots in the wood.



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Knots are a product of branches...where a limb comes off the trunk. Lots of branches/limbs equals lots of knots. I only see the one branch at the end of the pictured piece.

Since there's no scale to the photo it's hard to tell how big the piece is.

I was thinking Poplar tree. The tree can look like a Birch because of it's light colored bark. Even the leaves on that baby look like a Poplar.

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