It could be velvet leaf feel the leafs and see if they’re fuzzy
hammer6golf
It’s just a weed
GoguBalauru
Pawlonia. Really fast growing tree (up to 2-3 meters per year) and highly invasive (if you don’t like it).
keith7704
Good luck. I have these things all over my property.
lochnessie15
For what it’s worth, they make great fodder for our sheep. Our property had some really large ones when we bought it, and we cut them down strategically when food sources are otherwise light. The trees sprout back up pretty regularly, but cutting and feeding the sheep has been a great win-win of controlling an invasive and having another food source.
coffeequeen0523
Highly invasive Pawlonia. Dig the trees up including all root sprouts as soon as possible. This tree’s root sprouts and seeds germinate quickly spacing out and harming native trees.
Per above link, “this shade tree grows rapidly adding 15 feet each year to reach a mature height of 50 feet and width of 30 feet in just 10 years. It is considered one of the fastest growing trees in the world.”
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I believe it’s a Chinese catalpa. It’s an invasive version of the American catalpa and grows crazy fast
I was going to say Devil’s Club but don’t see the millions of razor needles covering it.
Velvetleaf, abutilon theophrasti?
Looks like a princess tree to me maybe. Paulownia tomentosa
This is *not* giant hogweed, but it was the first thing I checked.
If you are unaware, be careful if this stuff:
https://dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/plants/harmful-plants/giant-hogweed
Thank y’all very much
Paulowina
Paulowina
It could be velvet leaf feel the leafs and see if they’re fuzzy
It’s just a weed
Pawlonia. Really fast growing tree (up to 2-3 meters per year) and highly invasive (if you don’t like it).
Good luck. I have these things all over my property.
For what it’s worth, they make great fodder for our sheep. Our property had some really large ones when we bought it, and we cut them down strategically when food sources are otherwise light. The trees sprout back up pretty regularly, but cutting and feeding the sheep has been a great win-win of controlling an invasive and having another food source.
Highly invasive Pawlonia. Dig the trees up including all root sprouts as soon as possible. This tree’s root sprouts and seeds germinate quickly spacing out and harming native trees.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/paulownia-tomentosa/
Per above link, “this shade tree grows rapidly adding 15 feet each year to reach a mature height of 50 feet and width of 30 feet in just 10 years. It is considered one of the fastest growing trees in the world.”
See second page of this document:
https://www.ncforestservice.gov/publications/Forestry%20Leaflets/IS14.pdf
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/invasives-your-woodland-princess-tree
https://craven.ces.ncsu.edu/2021/04/princess-tree-is-no-princess/
I think it’s some kind of plant. I could be wrong though.
Paulownia.
The devil.
Kill it before it breeds
Looks like elephant ears to me
I hate these things, they grow really quickly and get so thick, and they spread