Thanks, beng.

I don't think it is a full-sized tree but maybe a choke cherry or similar smaller type tree.

Living in town it could be any type of ornamental tree that can be grown here.

If it's worth keeping is what I'm trying to figure out. :-)

It looks like a Cottonwood Tree to me -

https://lynfenwick.blogspot.com/2015/07/cottonwood-forest.html

It was such a slow starter, I thought it might be something else but it's looking more 'Popley' as time goes on. And those white leaf veins. Cottonwoods aren't all that uncommon around my town.

Thanks All.

If it's a cottonwood, have any space for a potential giant? :)

My sons new place is what was years ago an old cow pasture.

Remarkably open and windy.

I'm sure he'll take it. ;-)

It's Cottonwood.

I thought possibly a Lombardy poplar, but research says they rarely, if ever, start from seed.

Leaf shape and the petiole flattens before it meets the leaf, features of Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood).

I just up potted it, again! Nearly 2 ft. tall and now in a 2 gal(?). pot. That should do it until I give it away later this summer. ;-)

Thanks all!

Alternate alternate alternate - good cue before guessing/ascertaining.

Lilac (Syringa sp.) like all Viburnum sp. want to and will be opposite in leaf/bud arrangement.

May the Cottonwood live long and prosper...