You can't see the edges of the leaves but they look like fine sawteeth.

Hickory

I’m going with hickory also

Start from here - the leaves on ash trees are opposite and on hickories they're alternate

Those are opposite, what areas should I be looking for ash trees, I am looking for one to make a packbasket.

18-20" diameter you are going to wait a few years, seems that one has a magnet to pull in fence staples and lines

Go low for ash. Green ash is a bottomland tree. White ash on higher ground.

Most of the ash trees are dead in my neighborhood. Basically firewood is all they are good for. They were infested with emerald ash borer I believe.

That picture wouldn't show you if it is alternate or opposite because that is not multiple leaves it is ONE compound leaf made up of 7 leaflets.
The tree will also have alternate branching if its a hickory or opposite branching if its a ash.

Black ash will be flooded in the spring if your in the ferns your in their area of growth.
Fast growing with good year rings are a lot easier to peel for strips for the baskets
that is why the larger logs are ideal

Lol don't say that... I only live on the other side of the mountain from you

Which county, rattrapper1234?

Right on the line between Augusta and Rockingham

Thank you, rattrapper1234.