What kind of "tree" is this

[2busy]

them things grow like weeds around here. They are everywhere and nothing but a trash tree.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Dig it up and send it to the Dems in D.C. tell them it's your contribution to the new green deal.

 

[Gunbuffer]

FYI you can always ID an Elm by looking at the base of the leaf’s blade as it meets the petiole (leaf stem). It’s always uneven

 

[SoonerP226]

Those things are hard to kill. We had one in the flower bed when I was a kid; it wasn't as big around as that one, but we couldn't pull it out with a tractor. Stripped all the limbs and bark off of it, and tore the top few feet off, but the dang thing wouldn't turn loose (I swear I heard some guy yelling in Chinese while we were pulling on it) and wouldn't die. It kept coming back, and was still there when my folks sold the house...

 

[adamsredlines]

So if a guy were to cut it flush with the ground, how long before one would pop up again?

 

[xseler]

So if a guy were to cut it flush with the ground, how long before one would pop up again?

Drill multiple holes in the stump and fill 'em with salt, then with vinegar. Works really well.

 

[Louro]

Drill multiple holes in the stump and fill 'em with salt, then with vinegar. Works really well.

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This is good to know. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

If you do it right, it won't survive.

 

[druryj]

Drill multiple holes in the stump and fill 'em with salt, then with vinegar. Works really well.

I can vouch for this, it works, Or you could saturate the stump with charcoal lighter fluid and burn the darn thing to death. Of course, there's always that little issue about burning down the house too...

 

[dennishoddy]

So if a guy were to cut it flush with the ground, how long before one would pop up again?

Pm me with a close up pic of the end of a branch with several leaves in it in its natural pattern.
99% chance I can identify it, and tell you how to kill the stump.