Wood ID assist?

[Mike Minto]

here's my latest gift, wood for future sawdust...Anyway, i don't know what kind of wood this is. was at the county dump, got rid of some debris from the latest nor'easter storm we had last week, and took this home as trade. any ideas? growth over the bark doesn't help, i know. thanks.

[charlie knighton]

that funny stuff on the bark looks like the stuff that grows on the dogwood around here, if dogwood it is a large diameter dogwood

[Terry Rothwell]

Its hard for me to tell from the pictures but it looks a lot like Elm to me, especially the end view in the second picture.

[Sid Matheny]

Looks like Black Gum (sour gum) to me. And the mold growing on it look just like the Back Gum in my back yard. But its really hard to tell from a picture and sometimes I have problems even seeing and touching it also.

Sid

[Jim Underwood]

My first thought was Dogwood... and the bark on pic #2 looks similar... but it's really hard to say.
My second thought was ornamental Plum... Any leaves around that tree?

Give us another closeup shot of the bark...

[Jeff Nicol]

The bark looks a lot like some of the cherry trees that get stunted in the underbrush, or some sort of apple tree. Possibly a maple as I have cut some down that look identical to what you have. But just by the trunk and limb structure I say a fruit tree of some sort is a good bet.

Good luck,

Jeff

[Danny Hamsley]

It is definitely black cherry, Prunus serotina.

[John Shuk]

Looks like cherry.

[Quinn McCarthy]

Mike,

My guess is American hop-hornbeam. It has a dark heartwood like the piece you have. If it is heavier than any other wood you have it is hop hornbeam. It is so hard that it will turn your wood burning stove red.

Ostrya virginiana.

In wisconsin you mostly see it in hardwood stands that have been grazed by cattle. They will not browse on ironwood so the seedlings make it thyrough.

Quinn