help with field maple

[se7enthdevil]

hi all, i've got a problem and need help.

 

i just bought a couple of planks of field maple off of pup and i'm not questioning that that is indeed what it is. i am questioning whether the bit i got from savill gardens is or not. the wood looks very similar but the bark is different.

 

can you post pictures of the bark of field maple trees young or old so that i can compare the barks i have here. i'll get some pictures up asap.

 

thanks in advance

 

Steve

[Steve Bullman]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=field+maple&client=firefox-a&hs=Xqh&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pUL-UqONLePC7Aa9xoH4Cg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=822#q=field%20maple%20bark&revid=264248240&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

[se7enthdevil]

i've been doing that for the past hour but i cant find any that look too much like my suspect bowls.

 

there are a few that look like the bits i got from pup but as i said i'm not questioning his identification. the bits i have are seemingly from a younger specimen of only 50 years or so and need to know if the younger bark looks any different so if anyone has any pics archived it would be a great help..

[sloth]

Heres one around 6 inch dbh I spotted last night. Colour a bit off as had to use flasb in the dark.

 

 

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[Goaty]

Field maples can vary significantly even when stood next to each other in a hedgerow etc. Sometimes they have very soft corky fluted bark that you can rub off easier, some are a bit tougher, others have a smooth bark. In my experience age or environmental factors cannot be relied upon. Some are deeply fissured trees before the trunk is finger thick others are decades old and very little fluting .