Need help with tree identification

[dresdraconius]

Hi folks,
Can anyone help identify this tree? I feel this is Mexican plum. Grew next to a lake in TX.
Thanks!

Please ignore the huge pot it was in. I have placed it in a smaller pot now. The root was L shaped and wouldn't fit smaller round pots.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Not Mexican plum - Prunus mexicana, the Mexican plum has simple leaves, with serrated edges. It does not have compound leaves with 5 leaflets.

Your tree has compound leaves with 5 leaflets. This narrows down possibilities. It could be an ash of one type or another, genus Fraxinus.

It could also be a hickory, genus Carya.

Both Fraxinus and Carya are mediocre to poor subjects for bonsai. I won't say impossible, but they are unlikely to yield satisfying results. Large leaves that don't reduce sufficiently, and coarse branching habit, will not develop a fine twiggy structure.

There is a European species of Fraxinus that does make pretty good bonsai, but "this ain't it".

Whether or not you keep it is up to you. I would not get "future bonsai hopes" up too high.

Had you found a real Prunus mexicana, it does make excellent bonsai, and would be well worth the effort.

 

[dresdraconius]

Thanks for the response Leo. I'll see if it survives.
If it does, I will keep it since I don't have many plants. If not, oh well!