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.

American black cherry tree wood.

The flowers give rise to reddish black berries fed on by birds 5 10 mm 1 4 3 8 in in diameter. Characteristics of cherry wood. He likes cherry too. Black cherry stands alone for its commercial value as a lumber wood.

This species of cherry tree typically has a trunk diameter of four to five feet and it grows to heights of up to 100 feet. Black cherry sapwood in not rot resistant at all most cherry is sawn for grade and nearly all boards contain sapwood often both faces. The tree is a hardwood and the lineal taxonomy is magnoliopsida rosales rosaceae prunus serotina ehrh. 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. In contrast the sapwood is creamy white. The leaves are long and shiny resembling a sourwood s.

This cherry log came from the area around the tornado last year in st. Leaf of a black cherry tree. This is the widest solid slab of cherry that i have seen about 32. The wood has a straight grain a fine uniform satiny and smooth texture and naturally may contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets.

This was the first log that i milled for martin. A young martin goebel from 2003. The biggest american black cherry log that i found from last year s tornado. 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.

Other names used to refer to this species are black cherry rum cherry and mountain black cherry. The american black cherry tree grows abundantly in much of the eastern us with the most prized cherry wood coming from the allegheny plateau.