American Black Cherry Tree Wood

Other cherry trees most often function as decorative trees or fruit bearers.

American black cherry tree wood.

The heartwood of cherry varies from rich red to reddish brown and will darken with age and on exposure to light. Leaf of a black cherry tree. The tree is a hardwood and the lineal taxonomy is magnoliopsida rosales rosaceae prunus serotina ehrh. A young martin goebel from 2003.

The flowers give rise to reddish black berries fed on by birds 5 10 mm 1 4 3 8 in in diameter. Black cherry stands alone for its commercial value as a lumber wood. Characteristics of cherry wood. The wood has a straight grain a fine uniform satiny and smooth texture and naturally may contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets.

Black cherry is characterized by late maturing fruit and is distinct from the other cherries because it has dark bark with irregular scales that peel off easily and a light to dark reddish brown heartwood. Overall cherry is noted for having a warm rich appearance. The leaves are long and shiny resembling a sourwood s. For about its first decade the bark of a black cherry tree is thin smooth and banded resembling a birch.

He likes cherry too. The biggest american black cherry log that i found from last year s tornado. This is the widest solid slab of cherry that i have seen about 32. This was the first log that i milled for martin.

In contrast the sapwood is creamy white. This cherry log came from the area around the tornado last year in st. Black cherry sapwood in not rot resistant at all most cherry is sawn for grade and nearly all boards contain sapwood often both faces. A mature tree has very broken dark grey to black bark.

If lower grade larger logs are sawn to exclude sapwood and further manufacture eliminates sapwood in the product fencing cladding furniture cherry is an excellent exterior wood. The relative proximity of these cherry forests translates to a smaller carbon footprint due to shorter transportation routes from forest to mill to craftsman.