Wood ID please

[Wild wandering woodsman]

Found this log on the beach today and the inner bark and wood appears to have a brilliant orange colour. I dont know if this is contamination or something that the salt water has done but would like to identify it if possible, would make some lovely spoons if its a food safe wood

 

[Mesquite]

Looks a lot like cherry

 

[Robbi]

Horse chestnut ?

 

[Robson Valley]

The bark & thickness, the lenticels and the vivid orange coloring after cutting look like Alder (Alnus sp.)

 

[HillBill]

I'd go with alder too due to the bark and orange colour...

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

I would have to say Birch looking at the bottom pic. The lenticels and the sawn end look like birch to me. I think the orange colour is due to local contaminants and degradation.

 

[Wild wandering woodsman]

Thanks folks, i might go with the alder idea, this was the only piece this colour in a pile of about 40 others


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[Davidn]

Alder, Cherry all possible but if you found it on the beach could be something from anywhere…

 

[Nice65]

First thought was Cherry, but that colour is a giveaway. I'm sure it's Alder. Plenty of images on Google that match the lenticels, bark, and colour.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

I dont have a huge experience with wood but that bark looks like a huge amount of cherry that I had. After about a year the bark looked a deep orange/brown and looked very fibrous.

Why dont you cut the end off to see the grain a bit better?