Shrub ID

[g squared 23]

Also came across this shrub. Will keep an eye on it and adds pictures as it leafs out. Anyone have a guess as to what this is based on the looks?

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[ruskbucks]

I'll take a longshot, it kind of looks like my wild plum trees.

 

[Mortenson]

Mulberry?

After looking on my big screen I think I agree with ruskbucks.

 

[Tap]

I'm looking at it on a phone screen and not wearing reading glasses so this is a wild ass guess...
Black Locust?

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[Native Hunter]

It does make me think of wild plum. Once the leaves come out you should be able to tell for sure. I would mark it with flagging so you don't forget where to look later.

 

[Tree Spud]

I believe it may be Autumn or Russian Olive

 

[chickenlittle]

I would say no to autumn olive. Bark is lighter grey and smooth at this size and it does not have all the small lenticels on the bark like this shows.

 

[KDdid]

An easy way to ID winter dormant autumn olive is to look at last years growth. The branches will have tiny silver specks on the bark.



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[Apple Junkie]

I know what you’re saying c-little, but the more I look at this, the more I think Tree Spud is on the right track. As I look at the example on the web-site go botany (https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/), the bark looks similar, but not identical, as you point out. But the give away to me is the “crab-claw” (my scientific term) at the end of the twig. Also, the bud arrangement looks the same to me. The bark is a bit off compared to the example shown, but I’d still lean toward autumn olive.

Of all the “invasives”, I face at my camp… European buckthorn, honeysuckle, multiflora rose, this is the least offensive. This shrub doesn’t draw blood when I walk by it, and I have found the bears love it. It’s also edible for humans too - a poor-man’s blueberry batch. Of course, you’d want to be sure this truly is an autumn olive shrub before sprinkling them on your morning cereal, but the critters do love ‘em.