I will start with an easy one. This little guy will need some subordination, but overall the form is nice. Popular curbside in Southern New Jersey, but doesn't fare too well so close to the street.
Yeah, prodigy who only today mis-identified a sassafras as a chestnut oak. No leaves, but still.
I'm heading out in a second, I will snap a picture on my way home from the store.
Zooming in doesn't seem to be helping me much.
Abies koreana? ... are we keeping with the Asian theme from your last post? I know they are notoriously slow growing.
Any clue as to what it might be? I'm totally lost with ficus out of the picture. I was reaching for straws with the shingle oak suggestion. For some reason this thread has been bugging me lately. I need to know for my own sanity.
Also, in the last year I've encountered Carya aquatica in NJ. Well outside its natural range but thriving in a suburban environment. It took me more than a day to identify it. I was sure it was hickory, but my coworkers insisted it was some strange walnut species. They made me second guess...
I agree about the range, but I was wondering if this could be a single specimen. Possibly planted? I've seen a mature Mahagony in New Jersey, so I try to look at every singular specimen as an isolated case unless surrounded by similar species. I'm also just going out on a limb since the OP has...