Another “Help Me ID This Tree”

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So, some neighbors said they thought they are Redbuds...One said, cotton wood. I looked under heart shaped leaves by, name e of the info matched what is on the tree. We have 1 big one on our lot, a sapling and a medium sized one.

They have what looks like a small green berry/fruit. On the older tree the trunk bark is rough and the limbs are semi smooth..any help would be greatly appreciated 22ED6052-7AA5-412A-8D20-7A239BCE8211.jpeg9B74AD51-3681-46DF-AE06-D5EB5F7577C6.jpeg
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IDK but fruit looks like a fig. Is it possible this could be Ficus religiosa?
 

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1. Chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum, a.k.a Triadica sebifera Careful with this one, it is a notorious exotic invasive.
2. Desert willow, Chilopsis linearis
The most hummingbirds I’ve ever seen in one place was around a Chilopsis linearis, was kinda awestruck.
 

Michael P

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Did you find this growing locally? I'm having trouble recognizing leaf structure from the photos. If those are bipinnately compound leaves, my guess is Chinaberry, Meli azedarach. I do not think it is a hawthorn Crataegus because they do not have compound leaves.
 

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Did you find this growing locally? I'm having trouble recognizing leaf structure from the photos. If those are bipinnately compound leaves, my guess is Chinaberry, Meli azedarach. I do not think it is a hawthorn Crataegus because they do not have compound leaves.

Yes, it is in my neighborhood.
 

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Definitely Chinaberry. Invasive weed around here. They seem very prone to disease and die back.

Ok thanks so much! I looked them up and they are considered invasive here too. My wife thought it looked nice and brought me a piece from a limb that had fallen off of the tree. Thinking it would make a decent bonsai. I think I’ll have to pass.
 

Michael P

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Here is where common names get us into trouble. This a juniper or Juniperus. But most people in Texas call these "cedars". There are two species native to our area: Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana and Ashe juniper or mountain cedar J. ashei.
 
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