TBH Tree Experts

[Casey]

I had this tree on my lot with little to no life left when we moved in. It finally fell. I just got through cutting it up to get it off my fence. I don't know what kind it is and need to so I can decide what to do with it.

Bark grain is larger than live oak. Wood color is a bit red. The few limbs sprouting are dark with the leaves you see below. Any ideas?

[Casey]

Oh, I'm in Comal county with lots of live oaks, cedars, persimmons, etc.

[Javelin]

I almost want to say black cherry but it don't look quite right

[Mayhem]

Red oak?

[Stoof]

Looks like a cherry or a cherry laurel.

[Casey]

I'm leaning black cherry right now. If so, is this a barbequing lotto I've hit?

This is a pic from http://www.wildflower.org

[Stoof]

That's about as big as a black cherry gets in Texas. The wood looks a little
Light though. The bark and leaves look right.

[Casey]

It's main trunk is at least 18" in diameter. It's a big ol' tree.

[Eastonoutdoors]

Looks like a black cherry to me. Look at the base of the leaf where the stem of the leaf meets the leaf and see if there are small little nodes ( small bumps) on both sides if so then it is definitely a cherry.

[Casey]

Looks like a black cherry to me. Look at the base of the leaf where the stem of the leaf meets the leaf and see if there are small little nodes ( small bumps) on both sides if so then it is definitely a cherry.

There are bumps but only on the top side of the stem.

[txtimetravler]

Lagustrum

[txtimetravler]

Invasive tree
Waxy leaves.

See it along the river in some places. All
Over town too.

[Casey]

Lagustrum

Can't be. I know what a wax leaf lagustrum looks like and they don't typically get 40+ feet tall.

[Stoof]

That's not ligustrum. There's no serration on a ligustrum leaf and the bark is smooth. Killing ligustrum is a huge part of my bread and butter.

[Bill M]

Texas ash would be my guess.