This one has me stumped. Tree i.d

[whitetailfreak]

No visible fruit

 

[whitetailfreak]

A younger tree has very smooth less scaly bark.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Looks like wild black cherry to me. Very common. It will have a bitter smell when you break a twig.

 

[whitetailfreak]

Thanks, Cherry was my first thought, but the absence of fruit on this cluster of 9 or 10 trees was throwing me off.

 

[shotgunhales]

cherry

 

[Nicodemus]

Looks like black cherry. Crush some of the leaves and see if they smell like almonds or almond extract.

 

[SGADawg]

Black cherry. Break a twig and sniff it. Strong, unpleasant odor.

 

[Big7]

Looks like wild black cherry to me. Very common. It will have a bitter smell when you break a twig.

That's what it is.

Plenty around here.
We used to pick a bunch of them for my Dad to make wine.

The sap looks like puke yellow/green jello.

 

[whitetailfreak]

Thanks fellas. Immature Black Cherry explains absence of fruit

 

[Philbow]

I think black cherry has an early fruit and would have already dropped by now.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Yeah, the cherries have already dropped here. And the smaller trees usually don't have many, if any.

 

[chehawknapper]

Black cherries drop their fruit late July/early August down here.