My mom has this tree we always called a Monkey Tree. After looking it up here I see that's not it. The second one is a plant that we have had for years. No one seems to know what it is and there are no others around here that we know of. Thank you for any help.
2. Looks like Fallopia japonica. Common name Japanese knot weed. However, if it is the only one arround hopefully I am very wrong!! See.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_knotweed
As glossy as the leaves are I wonder if the sumac is the cutleaf hybrid cultivar, sold as cut-leaved smooth sumac but actually derived from both staghorn and smooth sumac. If the twigs are not quite fuzzy in the manner of staghorn sumac maybe it is the hybrid. The knotweed also looks like it might have the intermediate leaf shapes of the common hybrid Japanese knotweed Polygonum x bohemicum rather than the pure P. japonicum. Here the hybrid is the dominant weed by far, rather than P. japonicum. The hybrid is often mis-called the pure species. Comparing with genuine examples of P. japonicum (and the hybrid) would make it clear where this one falls.
After looking through a lot of pages I am starting to think the second one is the Polygonum x bohemicum that Ron B stated. I looked at a lot of pictures and read the descriptions and I think this fits it the best. The sumac has fuzz on the end of it's branches. It's almost like hair. I guess that's why they always called it a monkey tree. Does that make a difference in if it's a stag horn sumac or a cutleaf hybrid? Thanks for all the help.
