Is this Hophornbeam or another mystree?

It does have a unique smell. Does Catalpa have the white ring under the bark and tight growth rings?
I dug up my KC stump pic.

 

Yup, and a center pith too. Cant say ive paid close attention to growth rings but they are tighter than most "weed" trees.

 

Buckeye tree or horse chestnut.

 

That round looks like redbud to me, the color is about right, it has a white sapwood ring and does have a different smell. I seldom see rounds that big because of the way they grow. But redbud is also cultivated for nursery stock so if it was a yard tree, maybe.

The little I've split from my place was easy splitting wood except for the usual twisted or crotch pieces.

 

Here’s the stump and root suckers

 

A Hophornbeam trunk

 

100% verified that I have tons of KC wood
This is a known patch of KC

 

Beans

 

The only thing I can confirm for certain is the Virginia Creeper vine growing up the trunk.

 

I saw that too. The bark looks like catalpa, but no suckers coming off the stump itself, unless cut in cold weather it wont sprout suckers??? I still say catalpa.

 

If I took a picture of the sprout growing from the stump root would you believe?

 

I got that pic to finally load. Catalpa stump with sprouts 17 days after being cut. September 2020 If cut in the cold would it sprout once the weather warms up?

 

Thanks for the pics. Now i know what one looks like. Dont know it found in Connecticut but distinct leaves and beans that ill remember.

 

Almost looks like shagbark hickory. Is SH in your area Chud?

 

I don’t have any experience with Catalpa, but the chances for sprouting in the spring are good if the roots are alive and there’s a latent bud.

 

They are more common in the foothills north of me. I planted a 2’ sbh in my yard in Spring of 21

 

Bucked up 2 of the KC logs today.

 

Beauty KC splits

 

Do they have any aroma?