Identification help. Poison sumac bonsai?

[pstaboche]

I recently purchased about 16 bonsai and pre bonsai from someone taking a break from the hobby. Most of them were easy to identify but one of them even he didn't know. Apparently it was bought from someone in Louisiana and has a large stump of deadwood with one long branch near the bottom. The stems are reddish and the leaves are smooth.
I used Google lens to try to identify and it said it was poison sumac! I'd rather not have a poisonous bonsai... Anyone know what this may be?

 

[Michael P]

It is not poison ivy or poison sumac. The leaves are not compound and the branching is opposite. More misinformation from Google. But I don't know exactly what it is, please post some more photos showing details.

 

[hinmo24t]

Look more but poison is white berries I believe
@Leo in N E Illinois

 

[cbroad]

Leaves remind me of beautyberry, but maybe a little too oval for it?

 

[pstaboche]

Some better pictures

 

[pstaboche]

It is not poison ivy or poison sumac. The leaves are not compound and the branching is opposite. More misinformation from Google. But I don't know exactly what it is, please post some more photos showing details.

Posted more pics

 

[pstaboche]

Leaves remind me of beautyberry, but maybe a little too oval for it?

Posted more pics

 

[pstaboche]

Look more but poison is white berries I believe
@Leo in N E Illinois

Posted more pics

 

[YamadoriFL]

Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) ?

 

[Michael P]

Very good pictures, but I still can't be sure what it is--sorry! Buttonbush is definitely possible.

 

[hinmo24t]

Pic Doesn't remind me of staghorn sumac the safe one

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Not poison sumac.
Traits:
*Opposite leaf pattern
*Leaves are simple (not compound)
*Lanceolate, with entire margins. (Not serrated)
*Axial surface of leaves smooth, not fuzzy, with out obvious hairs. (Top of leaves, smooth)

Cephalanthus occidentalis is a definite possibility.

 

[Njyamadori]

Yeah it’s a common button bush definitely not beautyberry

 

[just.wing.it]

You're in MD....my guess is Staghorn Sumac.
Weeds....

Bark looks weird though....