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Researching the Amur cork I’m finding its characteristics are most similar than any others so far. It’s invasive and there were more than a handful in the area I was working in so that makes sense. The only thing that didn’t add up was how “corky” they say the bark is. The ones I’m handling seem to have hard and tough ridged bark, not spongy and corky like many describe. Who knows. These trees have a way of fooling you. They can look the same and different at the same time. It’s funny how you think you have something figured out and then you find out it’s something else. It can be very tricky without the leaves, which for me is almost always the case bc I do firewood. Going into this I thought I was getting all black locust and turns out I have cotton, walnut and possibly Amur cork Lol. It will heat someone’s home or social gathering though. Not the usual quality wood that I have, but still mediocre. I was cutting honey locust for firewood over summer and some of it definitely was. Then when I split them I found some were bright yellow inside but dark brown on the ends. My dad thought for sure they were all honey locust. Until I researched and found out it was Mulberry. My dad can name many species but it was funny seeing him fooled as well. With logs sitting side by side they can be hard to distinguish honey locust from mulberry. But Mulberry became one of my favs ever since due to its density, color and high quality heating. Very neat how it’s so bright yellow, then turns dark brown as it seasons. Bradford pear is another really neat one with colors that pop. Green bark with dark orange wood that’s dense and high BTUs. It’s hilarious it’s considered a nuisance. Well thanks for the insight. Cheers

I was unable to get leaves. It was a large lot that had been cut and cleared with heavy equipment and bobcats so nothing to go off of. And the same species of live standing trees were bare due to being winter. I will try looking up continus and see if there’s similarities. Thanks

3 different species. Cotton with the thick bark. I believe walnut is the one with dark heartwood. Splits very easy compared to any locust I’ve ever put a maul to and the bark is nothing like locust in my opinion. And on the yellow one I have no idea still. Keep in mind it’s wet here so it’s darker but usually the bark is way lighter when dry. Some sap coming out the ends after cutting. I’m just curious bc it’s different than anything I’ve had before. Thanks

I was looking at pictures of wingnut online and I don’t see anything that resembles it. This tree grows straight up and has nice healthy straight limbs that come out starting 15 feet or so up. Here’s some I just split. Sap came out of the ends, kinda sticky. The other one is cotton. I originally thought it was locust and to my disappointment when I got home and split it found out it was cotton. It’s darker here because it’s wet but the bark has a light color and the ridges are shallow. Seems to be pretty dense and splits nice

One is definitely cotton. The other I’m 95% sure is walnut. This is the one I’ve never had and can’t ID. Sap got on my hands taking this photo. It’s wet here but if you look at the first post the bark is a light almost greenish color. Shallow ridges. Heartwood turns orange after cutting and splitting obviously. But it’s not Osage and pretty sure it’s not mulberry. I wish it was mulberry. Love that stuff

Idk what page that is. This site sucks to use, it bounces all over the place. I cut some more, it’s def not locust. The others are cotton and almost certainly walnut. It’s like coffee colored heartwood and splits easy. No thick spines on the bark. Here’s some that I cut tonight that I wanted to ID. Still no idea, I don’t I think I’ve ever had this stuff ever. I just cut some sections and got sap on my hands taking these pictures.

Post a screenshot of the one you think is robinia

Here’s dead osage that I cut down in November

It’s probably harder just going off of pics but yea it’s too light to be walnut. And the bark is way different to be locust. It doesn’t have the thick spines and it’s light colored on the outside instead of the dark deep ridges. It’s different than anything I’ve cut/split. Seems to be a very nice hardwood. Tight rings, nice color and texture. Just wish I knew what it was lol. Being able to feel it in your hands vs pictures it’s much different. I did find out the 2nd set of pics is cotton and either walnut or black locust. I’m leaning towards walnut bc it’s so dark inside and splits easy. Not heavy either

I was wrong about this 2nd set of pics. I originally thought they were locust bc the bark but after splitting it I learned a lot of it is cotton, which is disappointing. But some of it on that trailer is walnut I believe. I split some and it’s very blackish like coffee and it split very easily. If it were black locust it should be harder to split I’d imagine, just based on my experience splitting honey locust. I’m still learning. It’s funny, you think you know by looking at a tree and then find out it’s not so simple once you start cutting and splitting. It’s crazy how similar so many of them look

Also these trees are in Cincinnati. A business is clearing a large lot in a plaza. In the pic of the trailer with logs and the ones with the thick spines I found out those are walnut and cotton. But the pics I posted at the very top of the yellow heartwood, I’m still trying to ID

I wish it was Osage lol. I’ve gone through three Osage trees since November. Osage is much brighter yellow when you cut it and the bark is darker and different texture. And Osage trees drop hedge apples. That’s why it’s driving me crazy bc I’ve ruled out the usual suspects. It has the yellow inside like Osage, mulberry etc but completely different characteristics in the bark and the way the tree grows altogether. The bark doesn’t have the dark deep ridges. It’s like a lighter smoother bark. Very pretty tree. They grow straight up and nice healthy branches starting around 15’ up. Since it’s winter I have no leaves or anything to ID it. Thanks for the response

Also you can just see how different the heartwood and sapwood are and color

Characteristics of the bark. It’s easier to tell in person and being able to feel it. But this doesn’t have the thick bark and spines. It kind of reminds me of locust or mulberry in certain ways with the color but it’s something different. Here’s locust from the same lot as this tree

I looked up Ailanthus but they say that’s not a hardwood. This is very dense and heavy so I’m leaning towards no. But that was a good guess though. The outside has some similarities, the way the bark looks. Thanks