While harvesting some wood to make a fishing rod holder, I went back and noted that the particular tree would make a good walking stick for hunting morels and hiking. I later was able to ID the tree. It is called "Mimosa" or "Silk-Tree". The only thing I really had to go off of was the bark and the pods. Fortunately, the pods led me to the ID in the back of my field guide under invasive species. I know where several to many of these trees are and will be going back to harvest more to make natural cordage using the inner bark when the sap is up this late spring and summer.
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