obliqua said:Leaves of the tree in question. This tree is situated in a strange area between a creek and a 8 foot tall fence... It is not a great place for any tree to grow. It is a thin tree with spindly branches that stretch over the creek.
I am sorry if my photos are not up to the quality of the discerning eye of the viewers of this forum. I did not think this was a photography forum.
These are clearly hop hornbeam...
I'm still not convinced that the first picture was.
Thank you for posting a picture of the fruit that actually looked like what was on the tree...
Surely you will admit that the first picture looks nothing like these....
Bummer to hear that you are unhappy with the location of this fairly unusual tree... They're awfully slow growing, and unusual enough to make up for a world of unhappy placement...
Cut this tree down, and you'll never have another that large in this lifetime.
Leave it alone, and it will outlast that fence and 10 more.