I can see American hornbeam or 💪︎ musclewood Carpinus caroliniana

Also called:

• 💪︎ musclewood (very descriptive of the tree's trunk, appearing 💪︎ ribbed with muscles),
• 🛠 ironwood (although do not confuse with American hophornbeam or 🛠 ironwood  Ostrya virginiana nor any of the many other plants which are also sometimes called that), and
• ◼︎ blue beech (although botanically not a beech  genus Fagus ).

Part of alder / birch / hazel / hornbeam  family Betulaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut  order Fagales.

Native to eastern 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, and southern 🇲🇽 México and nearby areas of Central America.  🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),   🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   Its 🪵 wood is very 💪︎ strong and durable, valued for making ☸︎ wagon wheels.

Carpinus hosts caterpillars of 70 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Planting info (SW Michigan). 

If you see an American hornbeam tree in the wild, turn around slow and look.  I always see several dozen more!

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▴▲▴ doubly-toothed 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger bark (on the trunk) sustainable landscaping and gardening with native plants

American hophornbeam or 🛠 ironwood  Ostrya virginiana