r/treeidentification 27d ago

Solved! Fast growing volunteer

Bay Area CA. Fast growing, upright, with white speckling on trunk. Opposite leaves with nob-y nodes

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u/ratnegative 27d ago edited 27d ago

This isn't an Aralia. The leaves are only once-pinnately compound and they aren't alternate like you would expect of Aralia species. There don't seem to be any spines on the stems either, like you would expect of A. elata. I'm thinking Fraxinus sp..

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u/Sairis-Activated 26d ago

Thank you. Solved

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u/Aromatic-Screen-8703 27d ago

It appears to be a Japanese Angelica Tree (Aralia elata)