Plant ID help needed

[Andy P]

Can anyone help me identify what this is in the foreground, is it just an Ash that’s seeded?
Many thanks

 

[Owdboggy]

I would say so, Ash. Fast growing thug.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Fast growing with a root that descends to the depths of the earth. My last garden had a mature ash about twenty yards to windward and I quickly learned not to ignore two leaf seedlings but pull them before they got any more root. Chop them off and they simply grow multiple stems from the stump, it's a digging job.
If you are wondering 'is it an ash?' the giveaway is the big grey black buds.

 

[cpp gardener]

I don't see any pinnate leaves.

 

[cpp gardener]

I think Euonymus europaeus, Spindletree.

 

[Silver surfer]

As already discussed on another forum!!!!!!

It is definitely NOT Fraxinus excelsior...common name ASH TREE.

Sorry but I do not believe that it is a seedling of Fraxinus excelsior...common name Ash tree.
Ash trees have compound leaves.
I attach pics to show you a single ash leaf with multiple leaflets.
It has a terminal leaflet at the tip. (While your shrub ends with a pair of leaves)
The leaflets are different sizes getting smaller as they get near the trunk.(Your shrub does not do this)

1st pic below shows a close up of your leaves.

 

[Silver surfer]

If you are wondering 'is it an ash?' the giveaway is the big grey black buds.

In winter it is so easy.




y

 

[Silver surfer]

I believe it is Euonymus ..maybe Euonymus europaeus.

Which has opposite leaves.
When old enough it will have wonderful colourful seed capsules.

 

[Andy P]

Thank you everyone