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Outbackbob48:
Here's my guess.  :o  Looks like a Nannyberry to me but I am by no means and expert.  Bob

Dakota Kid:
Rhamnus cathartica: common buckthorn or European buckthorn is my guess. The leaves looked to be the closest I could find and the fruit location and cluster size looked right on. If the berries each contain four large seeds that would help confirm my ID.

Nannyberry looks similar but the leaf veins look more symmetrical in nannyberry and the fruit stems looked brightly colored.

Carolina buckthorn didn't appear to have serrated leaves as defined as the ones in the pic above.

Hummingbird Point:
Saw tons of that stuff growing up in Michigan.  We always called it buckthorn.

riverrat:
first thought, buckthorn. i know "if" you find a decently long straight shoot of it, itll make a nice arrow. so itll more than likely make a decent bow too.Tony

Badly Bent:
Looks like common buckthorn to me and yes its a good bow wood.

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