Oak. Look for source tree nearby.

Thank you! It's pretty cute. Not the right spot for an oak to grow. But I can let it stay until next year and try to relocate it when it's bigger. This area of my yard seems to be a "volunteer zone". Same area has produced a volunteer rose bush, several lilacs and hosta babies.

Popmama how lucky you are to have such great donations!

Volunteers are my favorite, djacobz! They always seem so healthy. Something about them planting themselves, I guess.

Skybird, I don't have the proper space at all for a giant oak tree. However, I will pot it up next year and see if someone else does!

would be looking for something like that next swap or sooner. nice local red oak

llgarden, that sounds good! My intention is to try to raise it to be a bit bigger so I can share it.

I think it's an English Oak (Quercus Robur). I have a few saplings that I raised from acorns and their leaves look the same as on this picture.

in my MI ... oaks are moved in april .... long before dormancy is broken ...

i would be more inclined to move it young .. with all its roots ... rather than waiting a few years... and having to cut off a lot of its root mass ...

even if you just pot it for next year ... in spring ...

if you scratch around there.. you might find the acorn ... which might help an ID ... young oak leafs dont necessarily look like the adult... so its hard to ID on leaf alone .... at this age

ken

It’s some type of white oak. Actually looks like white oak (As in Quercus alba, THE “white oak”).

Burr Oak

Lucky you....

Something in the white oak "family", but hard to distinguish the species at that young age.

Thank you all! "Oak" is close enough. Just wanted to make sure it is an oak.

Bur oak. I have a seedling growing whose acorn came from Denver (Arvada), actually. Looks exactly like yours

I don't think it's possible to be sure at this stage. It looks just like our native Quercus robur too. You could do as Embothrium suggested and see what oaks are growing in the vicinity,

The leaves on oak seedlings often differ considerably from the same species a few years later and into maturity.