#1

leaves & trunk

whole tree ..is it sycamore?

#2

shrubby trunks

#3 Is this wild Black Cherry? (I am in NE Florida)

bark

#4

These have much smaller leaves than the above photo..

whole shrub/tree

#5

Is this Red Maple Leaves?

#6

Some type of wild Oak shrub?

#6 looks like water oak.

I think bengz got it - here's some more info:

http://sfrc.ufl.edu/extension/4h/trees/Water_oak/index.html

#1 has me stumped - I feel like I should know it.

And now not so sure about the possible plum.

Maybe try the Name That Plant forum...

To me the two pictures at 4 don’t look like the same plant. The branch has alternate foliage. The whole shrub appears to have opposite foliage and looks like a Privet. Could you verify the leaf arrangement?

Might #1 be a young sycamore?

Agree, Laurel cherry. (Very common name Cherry laurel is in reverse logical order, because this tree is a cherry, not a laurel.)

Tallow tree is an invader. Fast becomes large. Spreads. Best to remove.

Not privet because leaves not opposite.

I realise the single twig at no. 4 is not Privet. The foliage is clearly alternate and serrate. It looks nothing like a Ligustrum. My contention is that the picture below of the entire shrub may not the same species. The foliage looks opposite to me. It also appears not to be serrate, not to have green twigs, to be more broadly ovate, to have an indented central vein and to be fairly sparse, unlike the picture above it. Better pictures of the second shrub would be helpful.

Thanks you guys. You are all so great! I will have to go out and retake the pics on #4. I might have messed that one up!

I might go ahead and remove everything but the Sycamore and the oak just to be safe.

I have lots of wild grape vines, blackberry, kudzu, and other stuff the goats can nibble on that is on the *safe list* lol. I also have to cut out a bunch of carolina jessamine that is growing every where back there because its supposed to be toxic. There's not a ton of shrubs in there because the last people who lived here had horses in there but I haven't had any animals in that pasture for several years.

I'd agree w/others that best guess for #1 is sycamore, tho the leaves aren't quite typical for it. Sycamores get big rather quickly......

Bengz, yes the sycamore did grow very fast! It has to go unfortunately because it will be right on the pasture fenceline. I thought I could keep it but I guess not lol.

Here is another pic of #4 I think I did get the leaves mixed up in the last set of photos.

whole shrub

Leaves

Ok to clarify..

This is a Red Maple tree?

trunk ..its very small

closer..kudzu it growing on it

Is this a regular Maple tree..the leaves dont have red stems..I just want to make sure due to the Red Maple being toxic to goats and the other Maples are not. I want to make sure I can identify these in the future due to us always having wild tree seedling popping up everywhere.

Trunk

As suspected the new picture of the shrub shows Privet and it’s definitely not the same as the single twig shown at no. 4 above. The final picture is Liquidambar styraciflua, not a maple.

Ok great. Thank you. The Sweet Gum tree is okay to leave in there. There are gobs of them around so it will be fine if the goats thin them out lol. This is a huge learning curve for me because I used to think goats could just eat anything lol.