I will add that I have been told this may be a maple or a deciduous azalea to complicate things. But I do have reason to believe this is a fig, though I could be wrong.

An oak tree seedling

Thanks. Are oak seedling leaves usually fuzzy as well? I'm just not sure how to reconcile since many classify fig varieties into the broad types based on leaf shape: grape, okra, oak, and maple.

Here's another shot

Soft and downy at this age.

Maple or some sort of oak?
But not a fig plant.
Martin

Thanks guys for your help. Went back to the original fig tree and found this new growth. Can anyone tell from this what variety fig?

Wait until the fruit ripens. Take a photo of the fig on a leaf with a quarter to show relative size. Photograph the fig fruit whole, and again, sliced in half so we can view the interior and exterior. Try to describe the flavor as though you were tasting wine. A fig can't be ID'd by leaves alone. In your photo I see two different leaf shapes. This is not uncommon in fig trees.

dandt1, are you saying the picture in the first original post and the last ones are the same tree?

Aaron, no, these were different. Those saying it looked like an oak were probably right. I found some similar oak-looking seedlings near the fig tree. But that last photo was some growth on what was clearly different from the oak seedling and appears consistent with a fig tree.

We knew there was a fig tree in that area, but when the seedling was taken, there was no growth and so to the untrained eye we couldn't distinguish without any leaves or growth.