Trees from a distance

[Maverick06]

redbud?

Cercis canadensis

 

[robinia]

Higher res pic:

 

[tomthetreeman]

Ostrya virginiana, hophornbeam.

 

[easyphloem]

Sourwood.



SZ

 

[Quercoid]

Hmmn, "Blackwood Hall". It sure doesn't look like a blackwood acacia. Do you Easterners have a blackwood tree?

 

[robinia]

Think more common. Especially as an urban tree.
You probably see a bunch of these everyday, only a cultivar and not the straight species.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Is that a fruiting pear?

 

[Dwelch5446]

Gleditsia triacanthos

 

[robinia]

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Think more common. Especially as a...

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SMALL

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...urban tree.

You probably see a bunch of these everyday...

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UNDER POWER LINES

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...only a cultivar and not the straight species.

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Here's another shot. There are a few clues here: twigs, a younger stem behind the old one on the left, and even some fruit hiding in there!

 

[Waldo]

tilia americana. perhaps?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Uhhh... Eucommia ulmoides?

Not a common or necessarily small tree, but... ?

 

[robinia]

If you could see this in flower you would get it instantly, along with many non-arborists. It's very showy and quite fragrant. This species happens to be white but there are other very common colours...

 

[tomthetreeman]

It's a crabapple. or at least a Malus, which is in reality no different.

 

[robinia]

Actually, no. But I can see why the clues were leading you there.
Different family. The most common flower colour for this genus is purple.
I think the branching arangement is worth checking out...

 

[Quercoid]

Cornus florida

 

[tomthetreeman]

Hawthorn?

 

[theXman]

hmmm, so many clues but still hard to get....

if i didn't see the picture and listened to the clues, I'd say Crape Myrtle.

the small stem behind the big trunk has bark like a flowering cherry, like a weeping cherry...

 

[theXman]

liliac?

 

[robinia]

 

[robinia]

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liliac?

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you posted just as I was uploading a picture clue!
I'll assume you are guessing Syringa reticulata?