itisoktodance
Sapling
looks like a beech to me, lines too far apart and not the same edges as hornbeam (?)
good luck with it
Nope, definitely hornbeam. You can't see the foliage well enough in the photos, but it's not beech. In any case, I'll get a systemic fungicide soon as I can.I think you are right. It would also make since. Looking at the picture again I see the rosy flush. I diagnostic sign of nectria.