What wood is this?

[Bill Hensley]

I was thinking this was Mulberry until I did a search here and reviewed some other discussions leading me to reconsider as maybe Box Elder. Need some help here.

I cut some limbs from a tree in my mother-in-law's yard and thought after checking the leaves in a tree book that it was a Mulberry but I don't remember ever seeing any kind of berries on it.

For the most part I like turning it, one of these pieces was real pithy, so I may have to go back do some more "trimming". Being a good son-in-law and all...

Thanks

[Gary Max]

Box Elder is right

[tom martin]

Bill,
It looks an awful lot like Box Elder to me

[Bernie Weishapl]

Yep I agree it looks like box elder to me. Nice bowls.

[Peter Hay in Aus]

Bill,
Strange as it may seem I also believe it is Box Elder I was given some from a street tree planted in Canberra and I do know Mulberry well, Mulberry tends to stripes and yellow also beaut reflectance.
Regards Peter.

[Bill Hensley]

Thanks guys. I've already told my wife we may have to go back and trim that tree some more. Her 91 year old mother would be fine with any
"trimming" I did on it.

[Roger Chandler]

Box Elder! A great wood to turn, and I wish I had some!

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Looks like rotten Manitoba Maple to me, AKA Acer Negundo, that red will mostly disappear, but in the meantime ENJOY, nice enough wood to turn and not finicky to dry.

[Roger Chandler]

Of course Leo "forgot" to mention that Acer Negudo is Box elder!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice little Box Elder bowl! If you have to trim that tree again - be sure to check for any burls! Box Elder burls can be amazing!

[bob svoboda]

Nice bowls! I cut firewood and MY SIL comes and steals it--where did I go wrong?:D