04-18-2022, 02:43 PM
Again, thanks for info guys. I think matt is correct that they are/were trying to do something good... it's just that where they planted it is a problem.
I actually realized that they probably got the tree (yes, it was planted as a sapling) from a local organization here that provides trees to residents free of charge, so as to try to improve the landscape and also mitigate flooding risk. When I went to this organization's website, it even showed me that they'd planted (and when) and ... interestingly, it showed that they had supposedly planted a Sweetbay Magnolia, in fact two of them. But when I tried to identify the tree using PlantSnap, it was saying that it's an oak. (Likely a Shumard's oak or Cherrybark oak, is what it was telling me.)
I actually realized that they probably got the tree (yes, it was planted as a sapling) from a local organization here that provides trees to residents free of charge, so as to try to improve the landscape and also mitigate flooding risk. When I went to this organization's website, it even showed me that they'd planted (and when) and ... interestingly, it showed that they had supposedly planted a Sweetbay Magnolia, in fact two of them. But when I tried to identify the tree using PlantSnap, it was saying that it's an oak. (Likely a Shumard's oak or Cherrybark oak, is what it was telling me.)