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Unknown tree?
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I have no idea what this tree is, but it has smooth tan/brownish bark, leaves only on the top of tree no other branches except on the top and some of the limbs comeing off of the branches that the leaves are attached to are red. HELP
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It sounds like you are describing a sumac tree. Is the tree growing in groups and only reach around 15 feet tall? Here are descriptions of two common sumacs:
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) a small tree sometimes grows as a tall shrub. Its irregular crown is made up of a few stout, spreading branches. Stems are stout and densely velvety hairy, pinnately compound leaves are 1-2 feet long, 13-27 leaflets, lance-oblong shape, 2-5 inch in length. Shoots commonly sprout around the main stem creating a thicket.
Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) grows to 15-20 feet and often grows in thickets around the mother plant. The stem is glaborus, sometimes 3 sided, green to reddish and covered with a waxy film, pinnately compound leaves are 12-18 inches long with 11-31 leaflets, lance-oblong shape, 2-5 inches long.
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