Rub the leaves between your fingers and smell your fingers. If it has a somewhat sweet, nutty smell it is likely a hickory tree. Hickories are also often slightly fuzzy on the leaf underside. If it kind of stinks , like witch hazel, it is likely a paw paw tree. Can't tell from your photo the scale, but if these leaves are huge, like over a foot long each
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Does anyone know what kind of tree or bush this is? It's growing in a planter, which makes me think I may have planted last fall.(This discussion is now closed)
There is an app for identification and mapping of trees. Leafsnap by the Smithsonian, U Md, and Columbia U. Available from iTunes for free.
Can this application be used without a cell phone...I have a digital camera only.
Looks like a Hickory Tree
Rub the leaves between your fingers and smell your fingers. If it has a somewhat sweet, nutty smell it is likely a hickory tree. Hickories are also often slightly fuzzy on the leaf underside. If it kind of stinks , like witch hazel, it is likely a paw paw tree. Can't tell from your photo the scale, but if these leaves are huge, like over a foot long each
Where is it? Local agricultural agents can identify it for free. You could also try your local garden center.
looks like poison ivy to me. Note the trio of leaves and the reddish stems.