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Help with identifying which tree is creating these root suckers

vanessa.king.101010cvR7dK4Zvanessa.king.101010cvR7dK4Z Posts: 3
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Hi
For the very first time - this summer I'm experience multiple tree root suckers growing up from my lawn (from reading forums I've established that's what they are - robust root system under lawn when digging down).
I'm just not sure which tree they're coming from as they're proving very tough to trace back. I planted 3 prunus triloba double flowering cherry-almonds, and a sapling rowan tree that I managed to grow from seed, in my garden a couple of years ago, but I really don't want to uproot them if they're not the culprit! Also our neighbours have something that resembles tree of heaven trees growing in their garden behind our fence boundary, but they've been growing there for quite a few more years than my cherries/rowan, and I've never experienced these suckers growing from my lawn before. 
So I wonder if it is possible to identify what tree may be responsible from this photo?
Thanks
Vanessa 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2021
    Hi @vanessa.king.101010cvR7dK4Z and welcome to the forum 😊 

    Those aren’t from a Prunus … I think that looks like suckering from the Tree of Heaven. 

    They are notorious for suckering, particularly if there’s an attempt to cut the tree back as their response is to throw up a lot of suckers. 

    I would mow regularly with a sharp mower. I think trying to get the roots out might make matters worse. 😞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    Ailanthus, the tree of heaven, is known to sucker. If you search online you'll find a number of images that look just like the arisings you are seeing in your lawn.

    Penn State Uni have a control strategy published online but the link fails to copy in a suitable format for me to post it here. They recommend using multiple methods of control at the same time to try and limit its growth. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Interestingly enough it is on the list of invasive non native plants for the UK and EU
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/garden-health/weeds/Invasive-non-native-species 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    According to 'The Spruce', Tree of Heaven leaves have smooth, non serrated edges.

    https://www.thespruce.com/tree-of-heaven-invasive-plant-profile-5184401
    Sunny Dundee
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    Could it be Rhus , or sumach? 
    East Anglia
  • vanessa.king.101010cvR7dK4Zvanessa.king.101010cvR7dK4Z Posts: 3
    Many thanks for all your comments and help. Here is a pic of my neighbour's tree (the one in the background) if that helps to identify it, as I don't know for sure if it's a tree of heaven, but one of you lovely people may. Thanks. 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Rhus typhinus aka Stags horn sumach perhaps ? 

    Notorious for long distance suckering  particularly after the tree has been pruned in any way.
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Going by the leaves in your first pic, it looks like it is a Rhus typhinus.
    Sunny Dundee
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Most certainly sumac horrible thing, just keep mowing them you won't get rid of them with the mother tree still there.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Skandi said:
    Most certainly sumac horrible thing, .
    @Skandi :D

    No such thing as a horrible tree - simply a tree in the wrong situation.  A row of Sumachs along the centre reservation of a road in SW France looked spectacular :)
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