Hrmmm... serrated leaves point to hickory instead of ash but fall color looks more like ash. From what I can see of the stem, it also looks grey like a hickory. If you can ID some of the mature hickory around your house, you might infer an ID with this one.

John

a pic of your nuts might help with the ID ..

i mean the ones your squirrely friends have left laying around..

come on.. try to keep your head out of the gutter..

ken

Two different plants in the two pics. First pic is a hickory, probably Bitternut Hickory (alternate leaves; yellow bud); second is an ash (opposite leaves).

Resin

Duh, dummy me for not realizing I posted pictures of two different plants.

Even dummier me for apparently getting rid of one I'd have liked to keep and let grow in a better location, the first pic with the serrated leaves. I've found a few hickory nuts in my yard, and know there are hickories in the area. tough to compare a small seedling with a mature tree, especially with no leaves.

The ash...there are a couple green ashes nearby, but the leaves look thinner. Hmm.

Thanks!

vince

Resin nailed 'em.
The 'sulfur-yellow' buds are characteristic of bitternut hickory. It's easy to pick out, even as a tiny seedling.
Fast-growing, good fall color, but 99.9% of them produce astringent, inedible nuts which even the squirrels avoid - though they have perhaps the thinnest shell of any of the hickories.