Is this a type of Acer/Oak?

[AlvinD]

Having great difficulty with this leaf id. The tree was around 25 or 30 ft.

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[Paul Barton]

Looks like a Field Maple (Acer campestre) to me.

[RobArb]

 

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[martwizz]

Looks like a Field Maple (Acer campestre) to me.

 

ditto

[AlvinD]

Thanks and all so quick lol :-)

[John Barleycorn]

More commonly confused with Hawthorn

[Beardie]

More commonly confused with Hawthorn

How??

[roseyweb]

How??

 

Because they look the same and are both commonly found in hedgerows

[daltontrees]

A curious attribute of A. campestre (I read about it in a book then tried it when I found a few last winter) is that on a cold day the stem is slightly warm to the touch. We are not short of cold days just now, so it is worth giving that tree a wee squeeze someday and seeing if it is noticably warm.

Don't know why, but it's true.

[se7enthdevil]

deffo field maple, hard to find a large tree these days

 

 

i dont know how a hawthorn and field maple could be confused with each other but mabey my mind is not ignorant enough?

never seen a maple with berries though...

 

its believed that stradivarius used english field maple for his high end violins as it was more densly grained than other maples.