bad drawing of a leaf

[Gord]

Any guesses on this leaf? No fruit or pictures sorry. Alternate twigs, bark kinda like walnut bark and yellow wood with darker heartwood. I think simple leaves.

 

[banjo]

This is an educated guess but still a guess. I'm thinking maybe Paulownia.

 

[tomthetreeman]

The leaf drawing and description of yellow wood sound like Cladrastis kentukea... Yellow-wood. But they have compound leaves and bark like a beech. Hm.

-Tom

 

[Blinky]

The leaf shape isn't right but the other characteristics sound like basswood, Tilia americana

 

[tomthetreeman]

On some hickories, the terminal leaf sometimes looks like that, but again, compound leaves...

 

[Gord]

Hmm I looked at all those and none seem right. The leaves may have been compound but I didn't notice any stalks but everything was decomposed so they may have been after all. Thanks for the guesses.

 

[Gord]

Flipping through a book I realize that this leaf is very similar to a leaflet of a horsechestnut. Odd though, the bark definitely is not aesculus and I'm sure the twigs were alternate. Any more guesses?

 

[Toparboring]

One thing is with a walnut there should be a a thin stalk that the leaves grow on an the ground, could be a Butter nut or Green mountain ash.