Is it just me or are Mediums Weeds 1 and Medium Weed 4 actually Small Trees 1 and 4?

OOh, could be! Any idea what kind? There's a bunch of whatsits... I just labeled them weeds. :) Thanks!

Gee, I'm not sure, but I've got about 6 different volunteer trees growing in my yard that I'm trying to identify and one of them is dead-on your Medium Weeds 1. We did identify 2 of ours as Bradford Pears, we left one where it is as we liked that location and it is now about 8ft tall (it just came up last summer so you can see how fast it's grown). We transplanted the other and it seems to be doing well.

You may want to post these pictures on the Tree Forum for ID assistance. I'll be watching for responses (should you do so) so that I can find out what one of my trees is.

Good luck!

Kathy

Here are the ones I THINK I know...

Medium Weed 1 = an elm tree behind and a mulberry tree in front.

Big weed 4 = cockleburr

Little weed 2 = raspberry

I'm not a very good expert on ID'ing weeds, just rowing them, but you could look them up and see if I'm right.

Good luck ID'ing them all ...

Ginni

Big Weed 3 looks like Ragweed.
Big Weed 4 looks like Velvetleaf.
Big Weed 5 looks like Tiger Lilies.
Medium Weed 4 looks like Black Walnut or one of its relatives, probably planted by a squirrel.

I've always been pretty good at IDing weeds, having grown up on a farm and hoed just about all of them out of bean fields at one time or another! Here's what I think:

Big Weed 1 - we always called Wild Lettuce - there may be a more scientific name for it. It roots clear to China and is harder than heck to pull when it gets that large.

Big Weed 2 - I think is a tree

Big Weed 3 - may be a ragweed, or may be dog fennel. Both have a very distinctive smell when you crush the leaf. Too bad you can't get that to me over the Internet. Then I'd know for sure!

Big Weed 4 - definietly velvetleaf (also known as buttonweed)

Big Weed 5 - not a tiger lily - definitely a weed - don't know what it is but I've got them too.

Big Weed 6 - I think is a tree

Big Weed 7 - Couldn't really tell from the picture

Big Weed 8 - a mulberry tree seedling

Little Weed 1 - I think is a tree

Little Weed 2 - walnut seedling

Little Weed 3 - Nightshade

Little Weed 4 - Smartweed (because if you pull them and then rub your eyes or nose, they will burn - or 'smart' - like crazy)

Little Weed 5 - couldn't really tell

Little Weed 6 - we always called wild morning glory - it has another name, but that escapes me at the moment

Little weed 7 - looks to me like a lamb's quarter that has the blight that they get sometimes

Little weed 8 - I don't know what they are - I just started seeing them in my yard, too. I'm thinking they have come from bird seed sometime. Very shallow-rooted, even when large.

Little weed 9 - same as Big Weed 5 - the tiger lily looking one

Little weed 10 - I think is a tree

Medium Weed 2 - smartweed

Medium Weeds 3 and 4 - walnut trees

Medium Weeds - an elm and a mulberry

Here's a tip to help get rid of the tree seedlings permanently, especially the mulberries, in case you didn't know it already. When you cut a mulberry, it will just send out a ga-zillion more shoots from the root and become a bush instead of a tree (I think the originator of 'here we go round the mulberry bush' must have done that!). When I cut tree seedlings, I always carry a little baby-food jar of Round-up concentrate with a cotton swab in it. Immediately after cutting the tree, I dab Round-up on the stump. It never sprouts again - problem solved! The lid goes on the baby food jar for next time when the job is done, and the cotton swab gets tossed in the trash.

My suggestions and/or guesses:

Little Weed 6 is most definitely wild buckwheat, aka bindweed and wild morning glory (Polygonum convolvulus). Kill it quickly before it spreads! I've been waging war on it for 7 years and I'm just now starting to win more battles with it than I'm losing...lol

Big Weeds 2 and 6 look like Prunus trees (i.e., wild cherry, plum, etc.)

Big Weed 4 could be a Paulownia or Catalpa seedling if the leaves are really big. Hard to tell with no scale to go by.

Big Weed 5 and Little Weed 9 look like horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

Big Weed 8 might be an American basswood tree (Tilia americana L.) -- sure looks like one I just managed to identify in my own yard.

Many of your weeds appear to me to be tree seedlings (Little Weeds 1,2,3,10 -- Medium Weed 4 -- and Big Weed 7, in addition to the ones I mentioned above.

I've included a link to a tree leaf identification site I've found helpful. Choose your state from the dropdown list and go through the steps to narrow down the list of possibles.

Hope you get your whole Gallery identified! ;-)

Kim

Here is a link that might be useful: Interactive Tree Identification Guide

Wow, thanks for all your help. I did go ahead and post on the tree gallery, so maybe I'll find even more there. (Kathy, I know you were interested in my tree seedlings!) I really appreciate all the suggestions (and I weeded out the for-sures this weekend... like the wild lettuce, smartweed, and bindweed- boy am I sore)!! Thanks! =)

I've been doing more research and trying to figure things out. Does anyone think Little Weed 2 and/or Little Weed 8 look like nettle? I guess I could touch it and find out, but I don't want to. Any opinions?

Okay, so I've pulled everything that's a weed (not the tree saplings) except for Little Weed 8. Should I leave it or pull it??

I'm pretty sure that Big weed 7 is a Dogwood tree. I'm not an expert on when, but I would transplant that one away from the fence.

I just read the similar thread on the trees forum, so I'll take my stab at this. I think some of my ID's have already been mentioned by earlier posters. Here's what I think.

Big Weed 1 - wild lettuce (Lactuca serriola)
Big Weed 2 - Black Cherry (prunus serotina)
Big Weed 3 - Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Big Weed 4 - Velvet Leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
Big Weed 5 - Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Big Weed 6 - Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Big Weed 7 - Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) (Notice the alternate leaves)
Big Weed 8 - Mulberry (Morus alba)
Little Weed 1 - Mulberry (Morus alba)
Little Weed 2 - One of the wild Blackberries (Rubus sps.)
Little Weed 3 - American/West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum)
Little Weed 4 - One of the Smartweeds (Polygonum pensylvanicum)
Little Weed 5 - One of the Sticktights (Desmodium sps) or a young Ground Cherry (Physalis sps.)
Little Weed 6 - Honeyvine, Blue Vine Milkweed, White Swallowwort (Cynanchum laeve)
Little Weed 7 - Prostrate knotweed (Polygonum aviculare)
Little Weed 8 - Not sure of the name, but these will grow quite large
Little Weed 9 - Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Little Weed 10 - Mulberry (Morus alba)
Medium Weed 2 - Another Smartweed (Polygonum sps.)
Medium Weed 3 - The leaves look opposite, so it can't be Black Walnut, but not sure what it could be.
Medium Weed 4 - Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Medium Weed 1- Mulberry (Morus alba) in front of an Elm (Ulmus pumila most likely)