Gnarly Dogwood (and now some Black Locust)

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Lee for what it's worth, that cluster of leaves you posted isn't from any dogwood I've ever seen before. It more resembles something in the hickory nut family but for some reason I can't postitively ID it either. The leaves are compound, smooth edged, glossy, and 6 to a cluster and that resembles something in the nut family of trees. I've seen a bunch of those around here where I live, but I'll be damned if I can find one on the net that looks exactly like it so I can make a positive ID. I'll keep looking and digging and see what I can come up with............check back later.

[Lee Slikkers]

Thanks Chris...I guess the reason it is driving me nuts is that I cut down a small dogwood sapling 2 weeks that had the same leaves (don't know if they were compounded, didn't look close since they were blossoming then) and then I find this sucker and it's the only tree for 80 yds that ISN'T a Maple and there are the same blossom peddles on the ground and the leaf looks exactly the same.  I guess in the big picture it doesn't really matter...it's a tree, wood seems good but it will bother me. 

[johnston]

Lee I wasn't really trying to trade. It was a rare kind hearted offer to help you out.  With that "mystery" wood to split you need something to practice on and nothing would be better than gum to get you all tuned up

Lane

[Lee Slikkers]

No problem Lane, I didn't figure you were...

It isn't hard to gum me up.

[mullet]

I pulled my Audubon Field Guide out and what you cut looks just like a Flowering Dogwood to me. It says they grow up to 30' tall and 8" in diameter, kind a like the 50 year old one I cut down in my front yard.