The Identification Thread....perhaps?

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Anyone?

Leaves are alternate. There are a bunch growing in my yard.

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I was originally thinking young betula, but I'm not seeing serrated edges - maybe the leaves aren't developed enough yet?
Wish I could help. Looks kinda like betula, prunus, several things but I’m not in the right region to say.

Also, BUMP!
Hi guys. I picked this thing up yesterday, dirt cheap, no label but with an interesting trunk and leaves unlike anything else I have. It was next to some cornus and stewartia, but thats as far as an ID goes. Does anyone happen to have any ideas for what it could be? View attachment 370861
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here's what i think is a prunus (?) with a bunch of suckers growing from its base that i'd like to collect next year.

can anyone confirm that this is indeed a prunus?

if i wanted to chop it back this year and make it easier to collect next year, should i wait until the first flush has hardened? or am i better off waiting until next spring before bud break to chop? i didn't see any dormant buds along the older parts of the trunk but it's entirely possible i'm a big dumb idiot who doesn't know what to look for20210508_143618.jpg20210508_143625.jpg20210508_143644.jpg20210508_143826.jpg20210508_143837.jpg
 

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Those leaves look like prunus but many other species have similar leaves. Not sure about the bark though. Not quite like the bark on any of the prunus species I know down here. Some of your locals might have a better idea of local species that I'm not familiar with. Flowers will be the next feature to check.
By the time a trunk gets this age the bark is thick and disguises any old nodes or buds but they are still there. Provided it is a species that buds on old wood it should still sprout after trunk chop. As you have no other options I would chop and cross fingers. Trunk chop now or after the initial leaves harden should give good results.
 

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This thing is growing on the north side of my garage. Pretty shady.

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here's what i think is a prunus (?) with a bunch of suckers growing from its base that i'd like to collect next year.

can anyone confirm that this is indeed a prunus?

if i wanted to chop it back this year and make it easier to collect next year, should i wait until the first flush has hardened? or am i better off waiting until next spring before bud break to chop? i didn't see any dormant buds along the older parts of the trunk but it's entirely possible i'm a big dumb idiot who doesn't know what to look forView attachment 373409View attachment 373410View attachment 373411View attachment 373426View attachment 373427
Cherry all tend to have a pair of glands at the leaf base or on petiole. They can be different sizes colors and configuration varying from species to species. They are not often conspicuous, sometimes you have to look at several leaves. Here’s and example..
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This thing is growing on the north side of my garage. Pretty shady.
Definitely chicken. Surprised that it is not in the neighbor's yard.

The plant the chicken is using as camouflage looks like something from rosacea family - apple, pear, hawthorn???? bit that's only a wild guess as not much to go on at this stage.
 

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I agree the leaf clusters look decidedly Malus. It wouldn't surprise me to have @sorce feeding his chickens table scraps. Probably red meat, too. City chickens can defend themselves...
 
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