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I asked around. It may be Forsythia.

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It looks like it might have square stems? How sure are you that this is a woody, and not a perennial?

melee_AL

Yes, the stems do look squarish, though they are pressed flat, so I can't be sure. I should have recorded that when I collected it.

I'm not certain that it's woody, thought the root of the specimen on the left is relatively woody. Do you have other ideas? Someone suggested to me that it might be forsythia. After looking through our herbarium's collection, I'm not convinced that it isn't, but I'm not convinced that it is. Any suggestions are welcome - woody or otherwise.

So those brown leaves at the base are cotyledons?
Do forsythia have stipule-like appendages(I am lacking a better word)? Can't say for sure, but I don't think so.
If it were a woody plant, I would expect to see leaf buds at this time of year, although they could possibly be hidden by the petioles.
From the first pic it looked like just like ash trees. But no.

Thanks for looking leftwood.

No, the forsythia speciemens that I've looked at lack those elongate stipules. Yes, those are cotyledons. The specimen was collected June 1, 2004, so I don't expect buds.

Latest idea: When looking today at a specimen of Viburnum opulus var. americanum, I saw that the attachment of the leaves to the stems looks almost identical to my mystery plants. Stipules are shaped slightly differently, but similar enough to get me thinking. I rushed over to the herbarium and looked at every Viburnum specimen they had and then went through the whole Caprifoliaceae, but none have leaves that look quite like these. The closest match that I could find was the V. opulus.

More ideas?

Is it Sambucus Canadensis, American Elder?