Hackberry? Not sure

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I don't know... Shot in the dark: native persimmon, Diospyros virginiana?

Alternate leaf arrangement, has corky/blocky bark, and is native to South East PA.

Some pictures online of persimmon's bark look similar to your picture, but sugarberry still does look most similar.
 

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I don't know... Shot in the dark: native persimmon, Diospyros virginiana?

Alternate leaf arrangement, has corky/blocky bark, and is native to South East PA.

Some pictures online of persimmon's bark look similar to your picture, but sugarberry still does look most similar.
I wish it was a persimmon, but I don’t think the bark matches. There is one persimmon near me, and it is a graft- the bark looks to be a much heavier, large, almost blocky scaly shape, and doesn’t look like this one. Plus, this tree didn’t really have a deep taproot- lots of finer roots very close to the base, whereas I’ve heard persimmon are more prone to throwing a large taproot

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I don't think this is "sugarberry" Celtis laevigata.
I think it is the other native hackberry, Celtis occidentalis.
 

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Not a persimmon, sorry I didn't see the twig shot. It's celtis occidentalis with exceptionally nice bark.
 

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leaves will confirm it, if you don't want to take my word for it. They have a very unique "trident vein" in an otherwise plain leaf leathery leaf. They tend to get galls on the twigs which is how I identify them from far away. And the leaves almost always develop little galls on the under side, forget what they're called but they are inhabited by some kind of harmless bug.

*edit, this could have been one post. apologies, I kept thinking of things to say....
 

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leaves will confirm it, if you don't want to take my word for it. They have a very unique "trident vein" in an otherwise plain leaf leathery leaf. They tend to get galls on the twigs which is how I identify them from far away. And the leaves almost always develop little galls on the under side, forget what they're called but they are inhabited by some kind of harmless bug.

*edit, this could have been one post. apologies, I kept thinking of things to say....
Outstanding, thank you for the confirmation! I’ll start a thread next year after it recovers
 
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