Help identifying....

[Shorty54]

....ok, this is in my burn pit. I haven't burned anything in two years due to a motorcycle wreck. I want to get it burnt soon, but I see this tree in there. I ask a local and he said it's a Chinese Tallow aka Popcorn Tree. I think it would make a nice Bonsai! Only 2 years old and over 8 feet? This thing is amazing....

 

[Stan Kengai]

Chinese tallow, definitely. Invasive! Destroy immediately, or bonsai to mediocre success (from the pictures I've seen)

 

[edprocoat]

Yup kill it, they displace natural trees and the fallen leaves when decaying into the soil make a toxin which is harmful to other species that is why they take over indigenous species . I have read where they are difficult subjects for Bonsai.

ed

 

[Shorty54]

Oh wow....guess it gets burned during Bonfire!