What did I just dig up?

[DavidBoren]

Google Lens said Pecan, but I literally have no idea. It was growing in the Ivy, right next to the fence. I ruthlessly yanked it out of the ground, and stuck it in a "pot"... being a little laundry basket-thing that I lined with burlap. The roots are sitting in a mix of aquarium gravel, NAPA 8822, and potting soil... I didn't have enough to fill the entire "pot", so the upper third is potting soil.

Today was probably its first intentional fertilizer and watering, and also its first full afternoon sunshine.

 

[19Mateo83]

Count the leaves on each stem. Pecan has 11-17 individual leaves where as black walnut has 15-23. Hope this helps.

 

[DavidBoren]

None of them have over 17 leaves.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Ailanthus altissima? Tree of heaven, absolutely awful for bonsai

 

[DavidBoren]

What's the easiest way to tell Pecan from Tree of Heaven?

I would much rather it be Pecan, as they can live over 200 years and Ailanthus altissima rarely lives to see 100.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

The smell I guess, Ailanthus have a terrible odour when you crush the leaves

 

[DavidBoren]

The leaves are serrated all the way to the tip... which, according to cisma-suasco.org, is a way to tell the invasive Tree of Heaven from "Look-alikes". Apparently, the Tree of Heaven only has serrations on the lower half of its leaves.

Hopefully this points towards Pecan instead of Tree of Heaven.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Ailanthus altissima? Tree of heaven, absolutely awful for bonsai

Lol. I planted some mystery seeds and this is what popped up. They are growing great so far.