Thinking Honey Locust?? I offered to remove this storm dropped tree from a little league field. Hoping it is a good firewood. It is from a hedge that has a lot of osage and cherry too.
What seemed most telling was the shoots growing off the limbs on this tree. There was nothing else in the area with the same traits. Those shoots will give away the answer to someone.
I'm not sure what it is but it isn't honey locust. The branches on honey locust are somewhat random and scraggly. Definitely not the straight and opposite pairs of shoots like you have there.
I agree with Paul Bunion above. I don't think its Honey Locust as the branching appears to be of an "opposite" growth pattern as opposed to an "alternating" one.
Profoundly opposite growth. I noticed that when I was trying to determine the species. Maybe Horse Chestnut? It is a hedge tree, and most hedge trees are good wood. Guess I will post some followup pics of bark and grain.
Checked out this tree again today and I am 95% it is a Maple. Had the seedlings hanging off in a couple spots. I lef it be.
A maple with the seeds hanging off today (winter) is likely to be a Box Elder. Box Elder is also known as Ashleaf Maple because it is a maple with leaves that look like the leaves of an ash tree. Box Elder is pretty common in hedges and is decent firewood - kind of lightweight but it should split easily and season fast.
Not a leaf id on this. I saw the seedlings that led me to the Maple assumption. The wood is light where the break is, both in weight and color. Just did not seem worth the time.
