or will it be a maple tree, if you're of the Javorov - Czech Maplewood.
I like such names, I often don't know the origin of the name, evolve and change the language, Sometimes they do repair.
I grew up in a village called beautifully - "Apple tree with red apples"
It will be nearly impossible to ID the tree positively without seeing its form, what the leaves look like, fall color, fruits-seeds-nuts, or know it's growing conditions. Any of this information will lead to a more accurate ID for it. There are many trees with shaggy bark.
Given the one photo to go by, and seeing a paper-like peeling of bark at about 1/3 of the way up on the left side of the photo, I'd agree with Dave, it's probably a River Birch. I happen to have one on my property.
Betula nigra 100% no, the young bark has horizontal lines, teh is peeling off, the old bark is no peeling, Betula bark scrolls horizontally across the vertical axis, his bark scrolls vertically on the horizontal axis,
Stefan (bamira) is right: It can't be a birch. No birch has bark that peels in that manner.
If the dark branch in the right background is from that tree, the growth pattern would match an Aesculas species (and would further discount birch or maple).
Aesculas glabra (Ohio Buckeye) are not commonly planted here, but they are not rare, either. They are completely winter hardy here (Minneapolis/St.Paul), unlike Paperbark maple.
Aesculas hippocastanum (Horse chestnut) grows here too, but it's less likely in the city/suburbs due to the pesky (and dangerous) thorny seed husks.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates
I don't see anything in the original picture that looks "papery" to me. It looks like a peeling bark, but not thin enough to match the birches or maples I seen pics of. Of course some trees vary quite alot in appearance depending on age.
