The person who took the photograph would like to know. The article gives a little bit of background info.

http://hh-today.com/

I wonder how large the leaves are? It made me think of the Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) when we were in southern California.

We saw a lot of these trees in the San Diego area that look similar to the one you are trying to ID. Someone told me they are the Moreton Bay Figs:

That certainly looks similar. Someone who posted on the website suggested Eucalyptus but there are a lot of different kinds.

The photo was taken by the former editor of our town newspaper but he is back in Oregon now so can't get better, closer photos.

I submitted your suggestion, Lin! Thanks a bunch.

Any other suggestions out there?

That was my first thought (Moreton Bay Fig). But their roots really spread out - like Banyan trees. These aren't. My next thought is Eucalyptus. There used to be a lot of Eucalyptus in Newport Beach but there has been a major campaign to take them out as they get big and fall on people.

Could these be the last remaining Eucalyptus?

Daisy

I was thinking the same thing about the roots. Note that our former newspaper editor pointed out that the roots were not lifting the sidewalk, unlike the trees our city likes to plant along the streets here. Around here it is walker beware!!

I see that the Lemon Gum Eucalyptus has white bark. This is one of the trees listed as a possible replacement for the blue gums that are being removed.

https://www.google.com/search?...

I wish we had a closer view of the leaves because that may well settle it.

It's so hard to tell without being able to view the leaves closer. I tried to zoom in on the photo in that link but couldn't really tell much about leaf shape, size etc.

I'm thinking some of the trees with white bark that I saw in San Diego might have been Eucalyptus. I've zoomed in on the leaves of those trees in my above photos and the trees in the center photo aren't the same as the ones on either end. The trees in the first and third pictures may be the Moreton Bay ficus:


The trees in my center photo are different but I'm not sure what trees these are:

Ficus microcarpa 'Nitida'?

http://newportbeach.granicus.c...

https://selectree.calpoly.edu/...