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Mar 13, 2024 12:40 PM CST
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Toledo Ohio
I need help identifying this amazing tree in our yard.
Thank you so much for any help

Sorry, meant to put this in plant id, can't find a way to move it...

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Mar 13, 2024 2:41 PM CST
California Central Valley (Zone 8b)
Region: California
That is an amazing tree. We can get it moved to Plant ID Forum. @Calif_Sue, help please.
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Mar 13, 2024 3:43 PM CST
Name: Tofi
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A Buckthorn...? ( Rhamnus cathartica)
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Mar 13, 2024 3:52 PM CST
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Toledo Ohio
Thank you very much
I think that may be it. It looks a lot like that.
Doing a search it doesn't seem to be the great tree I thought but still lovely growth.
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Mar 23, 2024 4:17 PM CST
Name: John
Scott County, KY (Zone 5b)
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Hi Hotrod:

Looks like you got this one identified. It certainly is NOT a great tree, if you value local native plants and environments and don't want invasive exotic pest plant seedlings coming up everywhere.

HOWEVER: it is definitely one of the largest Buckthorns I've ever seen. You may want to have its identity confirmed by a local arborist or native plant enthusiast group - and have them document this individual for future promotion of what happens when one doesn't pay attention to a stray seedling. "LOOK HOW BIG IT CAN GET!!!"

That location sure looks like a very common situation that I have observed innumerable times over my career. A seedling starts growing in/next to a purposefully planted tree or shrub. Gradually, either the purposeful plant dies or just gives way to the invader - and finally only the invader is there, usurping the landscape space of something far more preferable.

As I mentioned in your other post, you might visit the Toledo Botanical Gardens for good ID help if other human resources are not available.

I suspect you have a very interesting landscape to walk around in. If you had been posting these things early last fall, I'd have arranged a drive-by as I took my vacation jaunt through OH-MI-WI. You would have been right on my flight plan between Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Hidden Lake Gardens...
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Mar 23, 2024 7:46 PM CST
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Does anyone know how old it is?
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