Favorite trees?

maple and black spruce

>>2185001
Maple is a good choice. I personally do not like conifers that much with exception of the southern hemisphere ones, such as monkey puzzle and Norfolk pines.

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Araucaria araucana. I find the whole Araucaria genus spiffy.

Out of trees grown in my region, my favourite is the silver willow.

>>2184980
Catalpa speciosa
>wood is soft enough to make for fun whittling and carving
>doesn't rot easily, so a copse of catalpa will almost always have good, dead standing firewood available
>doesn't drop limbs, so safe to camp under
>in late spring/summer, catalpa sphinx caterpillars provide excellent fish bait
>absolutely gorgeous when flowering

>>2185051
I only know of Catalpa bignonioides, I think it is a pretty tree.

Liriodendron tulipifera

My favorite local native, grows tall and stately with a perfect straight trunk. Has a rather large flower for a big tree. Nice bright yellow in autumn. Smells nice.

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Normie level: Oaks. They get cooler-looking with age.
Hipster level: London Plane Tree. The bark is soft and looks really cool, like natural camouflage. Easy to climb as well.

>>2185214
Planes/sycamores are a real favorite of mine, as they make me think of the comfy old stream/river valley towns around here and the trees look especially good when old, fat and gnarly.

I like wingnuts and witchhazel too.