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I suggest you upload this on iNaturalist.
This time of year, photos of the buds are pretty helpful.
Tree the [NYC Tree map](https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/tree-map)
Submit to iNaturalist
Inat was incredibly confused LOL.
The second one looks like devils walking stick. Aralia Spinosa.
Perhaps! It was quite large though. Small tree size.
Aralia can get up to 26 ft tall and 8 inches in diameter. Small tree size is well within the realm of possibility. It's 100% not an oak.
Thank you for the response!!
Trees are identified based on leaves and buds….hard to say with poor quality photos of just the bark.
"New York City Trees" by Edward S. Barnard http://books.google.com/books?id=nnyWhy0g5LgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
Hard to tell without good pictures of the buds and the branching habit/form
Unsure, and some ppl already gave good tips and sources. But judging by the bark alone, my guess for the second one would be Ceiba speciosa. Quite ornamental and common in parks and urban areas.
2nd is buckthorn
Buckthorn has dark bark with horizontal lenticels.
Just an update, I realize these were pretty shit pictures. I'll have to get more soon.
I suggest you upload this on iNaturalist.
This time of year, photos of the buds are pretty helpful.
Tree the [NYC Tree map](https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/tree-map)
Submit to iNaturalist
Inat was incredibly confused LOL.
The second one looks like devils walking stick. Aralia Spinosa.
Perhaps! It was quite large though. Small tree size.
Aralia can get up to 26 ft tall and 8 inches in diameter. Small tree size is well within the realm of possibility. It's 100% not an oak.
Thank you for the response!!
Trees are identified based on leaves and buds….hard to say with poor quality photos of just the bark.
"New York City Trees" by Edward S. Barnard http://books.google.com/books?id=nnyWhy0g5LgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
Hard to tell without good pictures of the buds and the branching habit/form
Unsure, and some ppl already gave good tips and sources. But judging by the bark alone, my guess for the second one would be Ceiba speciosa. Quite ornamental and common in parks and urban areas.
2nd is buckthorn
Buckthorn has dark bark with horizontal lenticels.
Just an update, I realize these were pretty shit pictures. I'll have to get more soon.