I was walking to the very end of my backyard to check on my air layered fig that I'm planning on grabbing from my neighbors neglected fig tree, well the whole branch drops down to the floor of my property so its technically mine or mine to cut down. Well that is besides the point, I went back there and next to one of my lemon tree's I found this weird looking thing coming out of just the side of where the lemon tree is at, it seemed it was cut down before and a few suckers are popping out.


It really doesn't look like anything that's growing in or around my backyard. I'm curious to find out what it might be.

On a side note, I went snooping around further and found this little guy behind one of my storage sheds.

The picture of the tree with long fingers is Morus Alba, aka White Mulberry.  Fig and Mulberry are directly related.  Morus Alba is a pest, the mulberries aren't tasty at all, and it spreads like wildfire.  The leaf shape changes drastically after a few years to be very boring.

Please see this thread for more info - http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3940789 -  start at post #6 and work your way down for a big, educational ride.  Around post #30, you will find a link to Gardenweb where the tree was ID'd, but there are great links throughout the thread as we tried to figure out what it was.

You can confirm by comparing the hardened wood to links to university websides showing the unique triangular bud familiar to mulberry.

Oh, and the other picture is obviously a fig ;)

Because it is behind the shed, I suspect it is a seedling from where a bird pooped off the back of the shed.  Keep your hands on it, who knows, if it fruits, maybe it's a winner ;)