Tree ID help

[BowEd]

Took a look at the elm and buckeye here too.It's not that either.

[upstatenybowyer]

How about Blackgum or Cucumber Tree?

[ksnow]

Any nuts or fruits on the ground? I know its the wrong time of year, but maybe something is left.  Pic of leaves on the ground?

Kyle

[Pat B]

Upstate, I thought of black gum but the bark doesn't look right and a cucumber tree is one of the deciduous magnolias.

[Spotted Dog]

Paw Paw ??

[osage outlaw]

Paw Paw ??

Nope. 

[Pat B]

Pawpaw is smooth bark...at least the ones on my property.

[timmyd]

I almost want to say it's from the buckeye or horse chestnut family but I just can't get a positive identification. This has really thrown me for a loop

[Hawkdancer]

Sort of looks like walnut, but that's a wild guess.  Check with the county extension office, they can very likely give you a positive I.d.
Hawkdancer

[Pat B]

Walnuts are compound leaves also. Buckeye and Chestnuts have compound leaves also.

[timmyd]

We have lots of walnut here and the leafs don't match this tree

[BowEd]

When I went to some horticulture classes when I was younger there were a number of ways to identify trees.Leaves/fruit/bark/overall symmetry or shape from a distance.You've shown 2 identification markers.

[DC]

Maybe a Rhamnus. The leaves look very much like a Cascara. I know I'm about 2000 miles west so it won't be Cascara. Something like a Buckthorn maybe.

[PatM]

Buckthorn has Cherry or Black Birch-like bark and looks really scrubby in general.

 Take a pic that shows more of the whole tree.

[willie]

have you tried a key?

here is one of many available, best go back and review some of the choices I was playing with

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http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/key/key1.cfm?state=&zone=&habit=tree&leaftype=broadleaf&Phyllotaxy=alternate