Jeff, if you hadn't told me it was hop hornbeam, I wouldn't have known either. Now I have the opportunity to find out more details about this 'deciduous understory tree' and I've found THIS.
If you think you can't accept something, try to change it. But if this doesn't work, don't be frustrated, but give it later another try. The one who perseveres wins!
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Now I have the opportunity to find out more details about this 'deciduous understory tree' and I've found THIS.