Tree Timber ID ?

[Manuka Jock]

Can the panel identify this wood ?

[Ozkaban]

We have one of them out the front of my house. LOML tells me it's a 'blah blah blah', but it never sticks in my head

I'll ask her again, and see if I can chop it down - looks good as a bowl

Cheers,
Dave

[Manuka Jock]

Show her how big the Golden Dish will be .......

My sister's landlord , who cut it down , thought that it was an Elm .
He lived in the house for years .

The folks at the Woodturning Guild , reckon that it doesn't look like Elm .
I saw a turned bowl on the net that looked the same as my piece , and it was labeled Cherry .

It's got me beat

[Woodwould]

Birch. I had acres of the damned things back in Ireland. I burned many tonnes of the stuff in fires and stoves.

[Manuka Jock]

No , I dunno that its' birch WW , they are still standing in the garden
The leaves are wrinkled , in a sort of crepe paper manner , and bark on the main trunk looks too coarse for birch .

[nalmo]

I was sort of thinking cherry. Does it have horizontal bands in the bark? Colours in the pics can be a bit deceiving. Is the natural colour of the timber a pale orange?

[Manuka Jock]

No , the bark and the leaves don't match it , not the usual cherry anyway . The timber is orange tho .
The cherry tree is still standing in the garden . Its a big one too .

[glenn k]

It's not a Cherry or an Elm. Could you put up a photo of a whole tree or some fruit or flower info. Looks very fast growing by the growth rings. Perhaps an Elder.

[Manuka Jock]

It's not a Cherry or an Elm. Could you put up a photo of a whole tree or some fruit or flower info. Looks very fast growing by the growth rings. Perhaps an Elder.

Glenn , you could be right about Alder . The leaves that are sprouting from the stump have the look of Red Alder , as does the wood .
The tree was cut down 4 months ago

[artme]

Looks good whatever it is!!!!

Got your george Washington act together to cut down that cherry tree?

[Manuka Jock]

Looks good whatever it is!!!!

Got your george Washington act together to cut down that cherry tree?

I wish

[orraloon]

I would have said birch too. There are a few different breeds. That looks like silver birch from the bark.

[Manuka Jock]

I would have said birch too. There are a few different breeds. That looks like silver birch from the bark.

No , its not birch , this bark is rough , all over

[glenn k]

Try Alnus serrulata

[orraloon]

Its been a long time since I had a close look at a birch but the bigger trees develop a rough bark. The young ones have the shiny smooth bark usually in broad stripes. The main trunk can be the rough bark while the limbs can be quite smooth.There are some in the upper Blue Mountains and when I drive past I get kind of homesick. They are a lower story tree and like the wattle here never or seldom get really large.