It looks like a tree

I seem to have inherited what looks like a tree from a UFO. Help with ID please thank you

 

Ash?

 

Agree it's probably ash. We had one appear and at first we assumed it was elderflower but no.

 

It needs to come out, the root will probably go down a fair way, it looks like a two yr old to me.

 

I agree with others....Fraxinus excelsior...common name ash tree.
pete,is correct. Remove asap.

 

With ash dieback being such a menace here, with whole hillsides denuded of trees, I am saving any ash saplings that I find to have grown strongly and am aiming to take them for a walk in the winter and plant them somewhere in the hope that they show resistance to the disease.

 

I call it the weed tree! We had one in our holly tree in our old house, very troublesome to get rid of once established.

 

@Tidemark I think there is still research going on re which seedlings/saplings may prove immune. We have the problem here with our huge Ash ( and those in the Cemetary and Churchyard ) which were diagnosed with the disease some years ago. We had it pruned several years ago but we are in a Conservation Area so permission has to be sought to do anything to it. The last time I asked, I was told to leave it. Apart from dead branches dropping off you wouldn't know anything was wrong. Fully green and it certainly reproduces with no problem so I find seedlings ( easy to pull out ) and saplings ( not so simple ) literally everwhere.
Like you I have considered saving some and growing on but I would contact the local Woodland Trust before doing anything about planting them elsewhere.

 

Yes, I understand the danger of taking a seemingly healthy sapling and planting it out in the wild. But here, in parts, the wild is now the dead, the devoid, the desert. Whole villages round here were named after the ash. It was the main tree in the northern Peak district. Ashford, Ashgate, Ashbourne, Monyash. You go to these places now and you can hardly see an ash tree and many of those that are still standing are just dead trunks with dead branches hanging off them. The Peak district rangers recently spent many weeks cutting down thousands of ash trees, both definitely dead and also possibly hanging on to life, along the long distance path called the Monsal Trail. What was once a shady stroll on a sunny day has become a brisk walk to get to the other end without getting sunstroke.

 

Independent of the question what type of ash tree might be resistant to the die back problem, an ash tree is in that position not the one I would want to have.
Ash trees are fast growing. That sampling is just 1 year old and will be next year 3 meters high and the following year 6 meters high. Once established, as mentioned before, it’s extremely hard and expensive to get rid of the roots.
Ash trees do create several new shoots from a cut down stem. My neighbour had an established 8 metre high ash tree. They tried to keep it under control by cutting it down with the result that it had 6 new shoots the following year and they grew the next year by another 3 metre.
Take it out with roots asap.

 

A long time since I've lived in or visited the area but I knew Ashbourne quite well. A great pity to hear what it's like now.
@simone_in_wiltshire it all depends on what restrictions are applicable in each area. Whereas I can remove seedlings/saplings of the Ash tree, I cannot touch the tree itself without permission ( not forthcoming !! ). It's a double trunk and approx 100 feet in height.

 

Not what I wanted to hear but thank you all the same for the bad news.

 

Must admit although its a shame about Ash dieback it was never one of the trees that I really like.
I even prefer a full grown sycamore for leaf cover and shape.
Still a few around here but they seem to cut down the healthy ones and leave the dead ones, not sure why.

 

Around here, even young ash seems to be getting it. Saplings grow quickly and skinny, then you see the die back starting. I have had a few removed and having to get arborist back with a climber colleague to deal with dodgy ones leaning over neighbours. He says they have to be dealt with before the problem kills too much, as then they're unsafe to climb.