Tree Leaf Identity please?
 

I have a tree in my yard - it is about 9 feet tall now I suppose... but
I have no idea what it is... I have never seen it flower or bear fruit
or anything like that... Can anyone identify what it is from this
leaf? The photo is a scan and it is a little deceiving - the lobes are
deeper than they look in the photo - it sort of hides that when it is
pressed flat between the glass of the scanner.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...stery_leaf.jpg

Thanks..

Looks like an American Elm.

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Todd

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Tree Leaf Identity please?
 

"Todd" wrote in message
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I have a tree in my yard - it is about 9 feet tall now I suppose... but
I have no idea what it is... I have never seen it flower or bear fruit
or anything like that... Can anyone identify what it is from this
leaf? The photo is a scan and it is a little deceiving - the lobes are
deeper than they look in the photo - it sort of hides that when it is
pressed flat between the glass of the scanner.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...stery_leaf.jpg

Thanks..

Looks like an American Elm.

Not an elm. In elms the base of the blade generally
is clearly unequal.

http://www.mntca.org/Reference_manual/Tree_info/Images/Ulmaceae/ulmus%20americana%20-%20WS%20good%20-%20leaf%20on%20grid%209-15.jpg
http://www.mntca.org/Reference_manual/Tree_info/Images/Ulmaceae/ulmus%20americana%20-%20WS%20-unequal%20leaf%20base%20-%20may%205.jpg

Perhaps it's a hawthorn, _Crataegus_ sp.?
They're pretty diverse in leaf shape, but serrate/lobed
leaves a bit like this leaf are common. Is the tree thorny
at all?

cheers