Couple of Unknowns

[ClintW]

Here are a couple pieces not sure of the species. Both are wetted.

1. Found it in the burn pile at my local park. The camera makes it look a little more red than it is, but it definitely has a reddish pink color. There was a sap wood that was partially decayed on the log. And it has a very pleasing odor. Even after having but cut for a few days.

2. Not sure, but I'm thinking a species of cherry? It has some checks after having sat for a day before snapping photos.

 

[phinds]

Top one is almost certainly silky oak (NOT an actual oak). Check it against my site. If you can see the end grain well enough, the reticulate parenchyma will be a dead give-away and if it's not there, it's not silky oak.

I'm sure one of our sawyers will recognize that "bark" stuff, that I have heard is attached to the "tree" thing that reportedly is the source of all those nice kiln dried planks I buy.

 

[Final Strut]

I was thinking Gummy cherry on the top one.

 

[phinds]

I was thinking Gummy cherry on the top one.

Hm ... certainly a possibility I didn't think of because "silky oak" jumped right out at me. Details of the end grain will tell the tale very nicely between the two. Good call.

 

[ClintW]

Looking at your site, I would have to go with gummy cherry for #1. End grain and face grain match quite well. It kinda smells like cherries too.

Anyone got a guess for #2?

 

[Mr. Peet]

"Black Cherry", Prunus serotina, with resin wood / gum pockets. I assumed the last pic was a smaller branch of the first 2 pictures, since that is black cherry as well.

 

[ClintW]

"Black Cherry", Prunus serotina, with resin wood / gum pockets. I assumed the last pic was a smaller branch of the first 2 pictures, since that is black cherry as well.

Actually the two are from completely different locations. And the second is actually a small tree that was trimmed below a power line.
Thanks for the ID's. Now to cut em up.