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ndlawrence

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Located in Southern TN. I've been practicing identify trees as I'm working on my property. This one, I'm not having any luck with. Bark is fairly smooth. Compound leaves with opposite arrangement. Can anyone ID it?

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Likely Ailanthas, aka Tree of Heaven, aka TOH. Has a skunk-like odor when branches or roots are cut. Not a desirable tree.
 
Likely Ailanthas, aka Tree of Heaven, aka TOH. Has a skunk-like odor when branches or roots are cut. Not a desirable tree.
Worse than not desirable. It's invasive, and is the preferred tree of the Spotted Lanternfly, which is also invasive and is becoming the next EAB. If it is ToH, cut that $h!t down.
 
No thorns present on the trunk or branches?

Likely Ailanthas, aka Tree of Heaven, aka TOH. Has a skunk-like odor when branches or roots are cut. Not a desirable tree.

Thornless varieties are often planted in the landscape. Birds eat the seeds then spread them. Thorns often start to develop from these hybridized seeds after the tree matures unlike natural native Honey Locust.

The leaf shape and bark does not look right for Alianthus, nor does the flowers from what I can see in the pictures.
 
Thornless varieties are often planted in the landscape. Birds eat the seeds then spread them. Thorns often start to develop from these hybridized seeds after the tree matures unlike natural native Honey Locust.

The leaf shape and bark does not look right for Alianthus, nor does the flowers from what I can see in the pictures.

Interesting. I have tons of honey locust on the property, but all have thorns. I'd guess this tree is about 70' tall.

Well snap a twig, Ailanthus breaks real easy and smells a bit like peanut butter.

All the branches are at the canopy, nothing I can get my hands on.
 
Interesting. I have tons of honey locust on the property, but all have thorns. I'd guess this tree is about 70' tall.



All the branches are at the canopy, nothing I can get my hands on.
Can you get clear pics from a different phone ? It would be easy to tell if I could see it super clear.
 
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