A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 Trees? Weeds?

Hey all,
I have post over in the problem area of the forums but thought I would put some pics here as well for your Identification.
These grow and spread rapidly throughout most of our "yard". Trying to find out what they are and best way to keep them from spreading so fast (just going with the see and pull method which may be my best option, but you all may know better)Good luck and thanks!


full size tree
Middle sized
close up of the younger trees top
Close up of the leaf

ailanthus 'tree of heaven'

Sumacs?

It's a tree of Heaven like RugbyHukr ID'd in the topic "tree in my neighbor's yard"

pretty sure it is the tree of heaven now that I see some pictures, kinda hard to tell since mine dont have any flower or buds to them. Looks like the older trees in the pictures have them and most of mine are fresh.

Thanks for the advice, now to figure out how to keep them from spreading so fast...

They looked like Black Walnuts to me???

Did you say they had some kind of nut dropping
from them?????

It is indeed Ailanthus altissima, a noxious weed in our area. The leaves are ill smelling when crushed, rather like bad peanut butter. Walnuts are easily to ID as they have chambered pith, take a twig cut it lengthwise and if the pith (the central part) is sectioned into chambers then its a Walnut! Happy gardening