A closeup of a leaf, some leaves and the bark might help folks help you ID the tree.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Well those weren't the leaves I was expecting! I would put money on it being some kind of callery pear. But boy that thing is tall and skinny!
Not my favorite tree by any stretch of the imagination, but that one is quite impressive! (If it is a callery pear, they stink when they bloom in the spring, they are weak wooded and break extremely easily, and in my part of the country they are very invasive, displacing native trees.)
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Yes this looks like callery or "bradford" pear. Some are thorny and some aren't. Birds eat the tiny pears and spread seed far and wide....many consider it an invasive. But always useful to a homesteader, for forage and firewood if nothing else.
greg mosser
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Location: the mountains of katuah, southern appalachia
also worth noting - these pears are prone to split themselves to bits - they form really tight-angled crotches and have just the right kind of brittleness. it’s rare to see one above a certain age that hasn’t been intentionally pruned for longevity.