On Jun 17, 3:35 pm, "Ray" wrote:
Thanks Amos --

I don't believe this would be the Virginia creeper. First, I took it off the
side of a stump, about 3' in diameter, which had been cut down. Second, I
don't think the keepers of the Faulkner home would have allowed such a
troublesome plant to exist on the property.

Is it possible that it's an elm?

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John McGaw wrote:

Ray wrote:
Recently I pulled up (legally) a seedling tree in the back yard of
William
Faulkner's home in Oxford Mississippi.

I coaxed it to grow in a pot and now have some questions. Please look
at
the
photo at the following site, and give me guidance.

Thanks to all for any help

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4xpgq/tree.htm

Dunno. When I saw the picture the first thing I thought was "Virginia
creeper" (I have a lot of it) but that certainly isn't a type of tree.
The leaves' edges don't took right for buckeye or horse chestnut, at
least not any sort I'm familiar with, although the arrangement of
leaflets in a pinwheel looks right.

Virginia creeper was my immediate impression as well. I have it planted
around a deck in my backyard (was there when I moved in and I still
curse the previous owner occasionally) and little seedlings and suckers
appear here and there all over my yard which look identical to the photo.

It is impossible to get rid of and sometimes difficult to control once
established. Ray, if you plant this in your yard, expect it to spread
fairly rapidly and end up being a bit of a headache.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1695/index.html

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Looks like American Beech leaves to me.