Name This Wood

Another Mystery

Jay Sullivan

>Here is a pic of the other log section. Any ideas on this type.

Can't be sure- but a good guess

steve antonucci

>walnut or cherry?

Where are you?

Wood grown in So. AZ

Jay Sullivan

>Thanks for the response, but it is not cherry or walnut. It was probably a yard tree here in the southern desert.

Mesquite?

steve antonucci

>not that familiar with indigineous species to that area, but right color.

Does it weigh about 2 million pounds? I've only turned Mesquite once, and I loved it. Cuts nice when wet, and doesn't really distort much at all.

keep supplying info, I'll keep guessing

S

Re: Another Mystery

Sean Troy

>I don't think thats Mesquite. It looks more like old growth Acacia. Acacia bark is green and smooth until it gets to a certian size and then gets the grey bark. It may also be southern Elm like you'll find in Prescott. Looks good.

Re: Mesquite?

Jay Sullivan

>Steve,

I have cut *many* mesquite trees. This is not mesquite. Its hard and heavy (very green) and, as the picture shows, light sapwood, dark heartwood.

Thanks for trying.

Jay

Re: Another Mystery

darrell

>Looks like mulberry. Inside the weathered heartwood that has turned the brown color it will be yellow if mulberry.

BINGO

Jay Sullivan

>Bingo! It is yellow when freshly cut. This was one of my thoughts because they are common yard trees here -- one of the few that get that size.

Thanks!

Eucalyptus is pink inside.

RonZ

>

It may be Hedge/Osage Orange/Bois d'arc

Jay Kilpatrick in TX

>That and Mulberry are in the same family if I remember correctly. Both are hard and dense, yellow when freshly cut, and brown after exposure. Wish I had my Field Guide to check bark and confirm, but its not with me at the moment.

Re: BINGO

Bill Hale

>Jay

Where do you live in AZ.?

Is the tree decidious, loose its leaf?

What does the leaf look like?

When you say yard tree that makes many non natives available.

I agree that it looks like Mulberry.

Good turning and be safe

Bill in Casa Grande, AZ.

Re: BINGO

Jay Sullivan

>Bill,

Thanks for the response.

I have no idea about the leaves. All that was at the log dump were the log sections. Native trees that size would never be cut down unless dead/dying, so I am assuming that it was a yard tree. Mulberry seems to be a good canditate.

I live in Sierra Vista.

Jay