What kind of tree is this? (Updated)

[dr.girlfriend]

It just kind of sprang up and the leaves are pretty and it's in an okay spot so I left it, but I'm wondering what it is and how big it is likely to get.  Any ideas?



Thanks guys...sorry I was lazy, the photos weren't updating from my phone to my computer so I just posted the one that did.  Here are more.  To answer your questions...

- I don't have any plant identifiers on my phone.  I tried to do one online but it didn't seem to work with a picture.  Most of the information-based ones I think stall out -- it asks me if it's got an oval leaf or a multi-lobe leaf and it seems to have mostly oval with just a few that are multi-lobe?  I tried to take a good picture of that.
- I think it's been there at least a year but I think it's shot up dramatically -- I think it was maybe 4 feet max a year ago and now it's at least 10 feet.  It looks like it might have a bud right at the end of every branch -- I guess I'll see if it flowers?  I would think that I would have noticed if it flowered last year, but it would have been right at the end of our construction so maybe not?
- I can't imagine that it's a rhododendron, unless there's a much more giant version than I'm used to seeing?  I'll look up sassafrass.  Here's some more pics.  It's got like a cool curvy trunk, although it's hard to photograph because it's right up against the fence -- which may cause problems if it is going to end up huge, because it is both right up against the fence/sidewalk and also underneath our big ash tree:

(The full tree - it got super tall in no time!):



(tiny buds at tips of branches):


(both oval and multi-lobe leaves on the same branch):

(trunk)

[Deleted]

Huhm. I'm not sure. Do you have the Seek app? I use that to identify random stuff that pops up in my yard.

[orval]

Could be a sassafrass?
www.carolinanature.com/trees/saal.html

[Deleted]

How long has the tree been there? Any flowers? Could it be a Magnolia or a Rhododendron?

[Susie]

The lower, well lit group of leaves looked like sassafras to me, but I'm not getting a good sense of the whole tree.

[dr.girlfriend]

I think you're right, it looks like the picture of sassafrass:


I'll have to go smell to see if I can see what "aromatic smell" they are talking about.  I hope it gets fall foliage like the pic!



And...yikes.  60 feet tall with a 40-foot spread might be a bit much for where it is!

ETA:  Doesn't smell like anything to me.

[rubytue]

I agree with sassafras. Mitten leaves.

[sagelily]

There is a free app called PictureThis - Plant identifier and we use it to identify plants and trees. I haven’t used it a ton but whenever we use it and then do research later to verify what the app told us, it has been correct.

[treedimensional]

sassafras