Okay so here is a few pictures of some wood I would like to Identify. Again if in wrong place please feel free to move discussion. the wood has deep reddish orange in middle with lighter tone on outside. I have no idea what it is. does not seem to get very big. most i have in my yard are fairly small trees.

 

 

Looks like a variety of apple.

Not apple. Was in yard done I lived here, never produced fruit.  

I am thinking some kind of cherry. Bark and leaves look just like the two in my yard. They do not grow fast but will be a large tree someday and then you can cut and bake bowls.

Looking up the leaves and bark on the Internet and your location, I think it is Crepe Myrtle.

 

https://www.blackhawktreeinc.com/common-nc-trees/

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=tree+identification+crepe+myrtle+bark&tbm=isch&chips=q:tree+identification+crepe+myrtle+bark,online_chips:varieties&usg=AI4_-kQQe5VAF5seqIVu48B_QNjv7xbo4g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQyIy529voAhW6mHIEHdnLAzgQgIoDKAJ6BAgGEAc&biw=1600&bih=757

@lew the bark is wrong and CM is whiter than this

Thanks @Gerald it was difficult to compare over the Internet. 

Might it be silver birch  or yellow birch?

Edited April 9, 20206 yr by Al B

From  tree I guy I knew he says wild choke  cherry. I forgot about him. Oops. Just kinda acquaintances 

22 minutes ago, Lissa Hall said:

From  tree I guy I knew he says wild choke  cherry. I forgot about him. Oops. Just kinda acquaintances 

Looks like @Gerald is the lucky winner!!!

5 hours ago, lew said:

Looks like @Gerald is the lucky winner!!!

Now for the prize.@Lissa Hall any cherry is great turning wood

I have to agree with Gerald on this one.  Bark, leaves and wood color is what we in the south call wild cherry.  It may have had very small red berries but this is some very nice wood.  It is easily turned or shaped into whatever you desire.  I would have it milled and save it.  That stuff is expensive.  

From  tree I guy I knew he says wild choke  cherry. I forgot about him. Oops. Just kinda acquaintances 

Most I have are small trees will have to let them  grow a bit. That one fell from Florence. Still have some down I have not gotten to lol

Definitely a cherry of some sort, likely a wild choke cherry.  If it is, it probably will not grow very big - but you will have a gazillion of them all over the yard around it

16 hours ago, lew said:

Looks like @Gerald is the lucky winner!!!

I was close.  Apple and cherry are both fruits.😷

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I was close.  Apple and cherry are both fruits.😷

But, so is a tomato...or, so I'm told.