Using the Key Guide in "A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among US" by Matt Ritter, I was able to identify these two trees found in my neighborhood. These are the steps I took that brought me to my conclusions:
Tree #1:
1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8. – Group 7: Trees with simple, opposite or whorled leaves.
7: 1’, 2, 3. Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
Tree #2:
1’, 2’, 3’, 5’, 8. – Group 7: Trees with simple, opposite or whorled leaves.
7: 1’, 2’, 5’, 7’, 9. Eucalypts, Gum trees (Eucalyptus spp.)
All of these plants were found on a pathway in my new selected natural area. This area is about half a mile past my previous natural area, but has a larger number of wild plants. Most of the plants I found and identified are considered weeds and are more broadly categorized as being mainly grass, thistles and ferns. The area in which I found these is a paved path way that begins from one park to another. The first park being my first natural area. The pathway then goes through an area shaded by a number of tall redwood trees and continues on through a court and then finally to the next park. At this second park, there is a large grassy, flat area in which is surrounded by many of the plants from this observation like the wild oats and thistles. The rest were found on the path leading between the two parks.