What kind of tree is this?

[bethhyland]

Can anyone tell me what kind of tree this is? I just bought a house and there are a ton of them in my yard. Thank you. 

 

Beth

[Boo Who?]

Alianthus altissima : tree of heaven by the looks of it and the fact you say there are a ton of them!

[daltontrees]

Tree of Heaven is an invasive weed. Unless you like it and want lots more of it you would be well advised to get rid of it now.

[Mick Dempsey]

Probably due to a recently cut down specimen in the locality.

[Dan Maynard]

I had a customer whose neighbour had an Alianthus, when I mentioned the seedlings in her garden/path/patio she really went off on one. Apparently she was a bit fed up of digging them out.

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Probably due to a recently cut down specimen in the locality.

I've suspected it of doing that Poplar thing of popping up all round a recently felled tree. Is that your experience?

 

[Rough Hewn]

Tree of heaven as mentioned or possibly staghorn?

[Mick Dempsey]

41 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

I've suspected it of doing that Poplar thing of popping up all round a recently felled tree. Is that your experience?

 

Yes, only done a few though.

Poisoning  straight after felling is my SOP on those. Then grinding once you’re sure it’s perished.

[Boo Who?]

They sucker and self set readily without chopping the mother tree down too, there just needs to be one and the right conditions and every garden in 100 yards will have a carpet of them coming up!

[bethhyland]

Tree of Heaven is an invasive weed. Unless you like it and want lots more of it you would be well advised to get rid of it now.

I’m working on the smaller ones. There are 10 of them all in a row along my fence at least 50 feet high. I moved in 3 months ago so they were obviously already there. To top it off, there is massive English Ivy growing up them.