I see an oak leaf, and aspen leaf and a maple leaf in that one pic. The bark of the tree looks like maple to me.I am thinking Maple but I have been wrong before. I have just never seen beatles/borers work on Maple like this, the wood is solid.
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linden - https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=89
Branching habit is alternate, so you know you can rule out maple . . . and ash
The buds are the clincher- big and fat ("buds are stout, ovate-acute, smooth, deep red, with two bud scales visible").
The wood is soft and very light in density, and desired for wood carving.
While not a definite ID it is frequently hit by sapsucker woodpeckers (note horizontal peck holes in pics 1,4 &5) of op.
Lindens are usually called Basswood here in Iowa.It’s a bit out of its range in SW IA but everything is a match. THANKS.
Look in the middle of pic 3 - the small branches/ twigs have alternate branching habit.How can you tell that branching is alternate?
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