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06-20-2008, 08:54 PM
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Name: Gazzer City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Aug 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.26 over 95 days | Need some help identifying this tree
Growing in my front yard. It's leaves are like those of a black walnut tree; however it's bark is smooth. I've tried some of the internet ID keys with mixed results. Never had any sort of nut on it. It's 60+ feet, peppers the yard with root suckers, and is flowering right now - yellow-green things way up there, can't get close enough to take a pic.  
Ailanthus, maybe? Thanks for any insight.
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06-20-2008, 09:03 PM
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Name: Dave O'Nan City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima. A big freaking weed. Kill it while you still can.
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
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06-20-2008, 09:17 PM
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Name: Gazzer City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Aug 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.26 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
Thanks for the confirmation.
Wood good for anything?
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06-20-2008, 09:31 PM
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Name: Dave O'Nan City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
All wood is good for something. But with that tree's fast growth rate you are going to end up with very bland wood that isn't very stable http://www.forestprod.org/smallwood06becker.pdf
The biggest problem is the comparison to it's growth and value in it's native land, China. The climate between China and the eastern US is very similar except for the winters. Winters in China are much colder, and can help to control the growth of these exotic species that they keep offering to us.
Think Kudzu 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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06-20-2008, 10:00 PM
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Name: Dennis Reynolds City: Ivan's Corner (Monroe) State: NC County: Union Join Date: Jan 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
Dave, is this one of those species that everyone was trying to 'farm' years ago when woodburning stoves & heaters became the rage?
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06-20-2008, 10:12 PM
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Name: Dave O'Nan City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
Originally Posted by Gotcha6  Dave, is this one of those species that everyone was trying to 'farm' years ago when woodburning stoves & heaters became the rage?
I doubt it. Those were most likely Pawlonia,or Catalpa. But the fast growth of Ailanthus could lend it to firewood and charcoal production.
Either way that is about all it is good for...burnin' 
Dave
__________________ Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
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06-20-2008, 10:14 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.71 over 95 days | Re: Need some help identifying this tree
Originally Posted by gazzer Growing in my front yard. It's leaves are like those of a black walnut tree; however it's bark is smooth. I've tried some of the internet ID keys with mixed results. Never had any sort of nut on it. It's 60+ feet, peppers the yard with root suckers, and is flowering right now - yellow-green things way up there, can't get close enough to take a pic.
Ailanthus, maybe? Thanks for any insight.
-G That my friend is a tree from China (it's an exotic weed) .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
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