Mike Ruskai wrote:
We recently cleaned up a heap of accumulating refuse that had started as a
makeshift tarp shed (dumpsters are worth the rental), and there was a small
tree amidst it all which has started growing again.

It's about five feet tall, and pictures of the leaves can be found he

http://www-misc.wtgroupllc.com/myste...tery_tree.html

Any ideas what it might be?


Looks like Ailanthus altissima. Common name is Tree of Heaven.
It is a fast spreading weed. Kill it!

-Philip