Cornus mas puts out its flowers before the leaves, so if it was a mature plant, this is NOT Cornus mas, and perhaps not any Cornus, as most put...
Looks to me to be mature cones of some kind of Fir tree [Abies spp.] that have naturally broken apart thus dropping their seeds. However, I am...
Saltcedar, I think you nailed it. The genus is certainly correct. I have been Googleing the genus and species and have found that there are...
Pretty sure that's not it. Leaflets too narrow and too numerous. Seeds very different. Plus, Sesbania herbacea is apparently, well, herbaceous....
Ok, Fabaceae. I have grown this rapid growing shrub from seed that I pilfered from a plant growing in someone's front yard in Littleton, Colorado....