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I can't identify this plant.?

HI. I have been pulling this out thinking this was a weed. It is growing right behind my rose bush. There was a plant there when we first moved in and we tried to get it out but he root went on and on so we gave up. Now after 25 years I suspect it is growing back. When I actually looked behind th rose I saw that there is a thick wood stem. I suspect it was a fig tree or a grape vine since the guy before us made his own wine and there was a ton of grape seeds in the basement. The leaves don't look like the grape and fig leaves I have been looking at online. Does anyone know what this plant may be?

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http://www.pipr.org/uleaf2.JPG

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It is possibly a Red Oak. If the leaf is thin, firm, smooth beneath, 5"to 9" long, with lobes that taper toward their tips, usually more than7-lobed, it is a Red Oak.

    Source(s): Fall Color Finder by C. Ritchie Bell & Anne H. Lindsey
  • 1 decade ago

    Sure looks like an oak leaf to me! Both grape and fig would have indentations in the leaves called sinus'. This shape and margin is very indicative of an oak tree. No wonder it keeps coming back! When you cut the stem, immediately brush on a brush killer to the freshly cut stem. Protect the rose until the chemical dries. It will take several treatments to eliminate a tree!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    My guess is that it is a Oak Leaf Hydrangea which flowers late spring into early summer and is a shrub, not a tree.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's an Oak Tree.

    You would NOT want one of those to grow so close to your foundation, though. They will grow 100 feet tall, with trunks the size of small cars (eventually, that is)

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  • 1 decade ago

    Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 80-100' too big and close = spray it with round-up or transplant it

  • 1 decade ago

    Looks like an oak leaf. Squirrels probably planted an acorn and forgot where they put it, so it grew.

  • 1 decade ago

    I know it's not a fig tree. It could be an oak, but I'm not certain.

  • ?
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    4 years ago

    I does sound like a succulent. you could attempting doing a seek on line for categories of succulents, and there are various! i attempted searching for one that grows in my decrease back backyard, in step with possibility you need to have greater suitable good fortune. There are a pair of internet sites that have a ton of photos you ought to use to examine on your plant. reliable good fortune!

  • 1 decade ago

    Cat is correct. Paint the leaves with UNdiluted roundup.

  • 1 decade ago

    Looks like oak to me.

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