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KentPfeiffer said:Janet was right with the first post. It's Tree of Heaven, no doubt. Tree of Heaven has compound leaves. The leaves are alternate (as is clearly the case in Sharon's picture). At a casual glance, the individual leaflets appear to be opposite, but they are usually offset from each other, although sometimes very slightly.

I looked at one down in the pasture today and some are offset to such a slight degree they really do look opposite without a very close examination. Some are more clearly alternate, but a lot are not. No possibility of them being a walnut here. I think that offset beside it is another clue. I wouldn't think that would be likely for a walnut, but is all too likely for a Tree of Heaven. It really got tagged wrong with the common name. Should've been Tree of H...! It's really hard to keep it under control.