What kind of wood is this?

[Sharp Blade]

Okay guys, what kind of wood is this?

 

[Big Mike]

From what I can see I am gonna say it is cherry, Prunus americanus.... Fine wood for woodworking.....:icon_thum

 

[DaveO]

I would agree with Big Mike 100% check it out here:
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/cherry.htm

But most likely Prunus serotina, P. americanus is a more shrubby plant that doesn't produce much lumber.

Dave

 

[Gofor]

I'd say its a "cats-eye" somethin' or other:rolf:

 

[Sharp Blade]

Okay guys, while I believe you and when I bought it I knew it was Cherry...but when I mentioned that fact to the guy at the lumber yard, he told me it was birch..."just like it says on the label!" He looked at me as though since I was a woman I couldn't know CRAP about wood. Oh and I paid 7.00 for a 4x4 panel for my drawer fronts.
It's actually cherry ply.

 

[clowman]

Hey, that'll teach him! Ask him if he has any more of that "birch"

 

[sapwood]

Sharp Eye and Sharp Thinking, Sharp Blade :icon_thum

Sapwood

 

[Travis Porter]

Then you got a deal and he is a fool. I paid $100 for a 4x8 sheet of cherry ply last year.

 

[DavidF]

Birch!! the guy must be colour blind! Where was it, so that i can avoid it or maybe I should go there for the 60 bdft of Cherry I need soon.

 

[Kyle]

birch has been and still is used as a cherry substitute in many cabinet shops. Alder is also a wood of choice.