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mullet:
  It's a paper mulberry.They grow like weeds down here.I killed the one in my neighbors yard by tunneling a pvc pipe under the fence and pouring a gallon of Roundup down it.It is sorry bow wood.But the bark makes some tough cordage.

Calendargirl:
It is paper mulberry. 

Discussion The common and Latin species names both refer to the manufacture in the Orient of paper from the fibrous inner bark. Cloth was made from the bark in the South Pacific and Hawaii. Although seldom produced, the fruit is showy. Paper-mulberry spreads from root sprouts, often forming thickets along roadsides, and is considered an exotic pest plant in much of the East.

enature.com has a field guide that helps you identify trees by their leaves in an elimination type process.  This is all over my yard and driving me nuts the bark is hard to cut like you are sawing through fabric...so if anyone wants to try their hand at making a gown to wear to the oscars or some cordage to hold up their loin clothe give me a hollar and I will send some to you!  ;D

jamie:
see how easy that works marie ;D

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