Tree identification

[GarethM]

5 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

Holly smells of cat piss. 

I was hoping the cyanide would kick in 

[5thelement]

4 minutes ago, GarethM said:

I was hoping the cyanide would kick in 

That’s Cherry Laurel or Bird Cherry. 

[peds]

31 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

Holly smells of cat piss. 

 

I started making a yule log table centrepiece out of a nice holly stem I knocked before Christmas. 

 

I stopped very quickly indeed. Horrible stuff! 

[Turkish 1976]

5 hours ago, peds said:

Alder is a beautiful bright orange when split, you'd have noticed and remarked on the colour I think.

So I took some of the (outer?) Bark off and there was a sort of reddish colour underneath. The split ones are picture 2 so not red in the middle.

[Turkish 1976]

7 hours ago, Turkish 1976 said:

Hello.

New to the forum,  I have been lucky enough to have access to a fair amount of felled trees. 

Silver birch being one of the species.

Could someone help with identifying the following two? I have already split them.

A friend thinks they might be Alder

Thanks in advance

I should have made it clear, picture 1 and 2 are different loads from different places, might be the same though

[Turkish 1976]

1 hour ago, 5thelement said:

That’s Cherry Laurel or Bird Cherry. 

Good for the burning? Thanks 

[5thelement]

11 minutes ago, Turkish 1976 said:

Good for the burning? Thanks 

Replying to Gareth RE- Cyanide associated with Cherry Laurel and Bird Cherry, both burn well. 
Yours looks like 1) Ash 2)Ash but could be Alder or Maple, Alder would be noticeably lighter than Ash or Maple burn all burn well. 👍

Edited 7 hours ago by 5thelement

[manco]

im throwing willow into the mix, just for fun

[Turkish 1976]

3 minutes ago, manco said:

im throwing willow into the mix, just for fun

I'm just gonna hope it's Ash😁, I'll try and take a few pictures and post tomorrow.

Thanks everyone so far

[Turkish 1976]

Just now, Turkish 1976 said:

I'm just gonna hope it's Ash😁, I'll try and take a few pictures and post tomorrow.

Thanks everyone so far

Better pictures