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Help Identify This Leaf!

Handel
10 years ago

Would love help identifying this leaf (see attached pic)...

These plants are popping up all over my property... they are woody, and not particularly attractive... kind of spindly and tall, bowed over in a lot of cases. Some are over 6 feet at this point. The leaves are 7+ inches.

I'm trying to find out what they are... so I can decide whether to leave them, or start cutting them down!

Any help would be appreciated!

Comments (4)

  • Embothrium
    10 years ago

    Probably red elderberry, the part shown being a leaflet rather than a complete leaf.

  • botann
    10 years ago

    I think you got it Ron!
    That would be my guess also.
    They grow in the wilder parts of my garden and once in awhile pop up in the more refined areas. Then I treat them as weeds. At the edge of the woods, they fit right in. I like the white blossoms and red berries. They come right back strong the following year after being cut almost to the ground in the Fall.
    Mike

  • Handel
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    I haven't seen any berries, but I think that's it! Botann's picture looks exactly like what is growing, minus the berries.
    Thank you very much!

  • Embothrium
    10 years ago

    Break out the piano.