What kind of trees have smooth bark and greyish-brown branches grow from the root?
the leaves are about 3 / 4 inches wide and about 3 inches long right now. He was also a kind of nutlets on it
Could it be a hackberry? Try this link: 20pages/hackberry.htm% http://www.lsadecatur.net/tree or why not an old oak? If they are mowed over when young, they tend to come from the root in several branches straightish ... http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Live_oak/liveoak.htm And if any of these are right, try this link for a page identifying small tree. http://forestry.about.com/library/treekey/bltree_key_id_start.htm gardening!