maple Id

[tree79]

Hi all

Not sure which acer this is?

As always any help is great

Thanks

Tree

[Macca]

Platanoides

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Platanoides

 

AKA Norway Maple...yup, me thinks so too.

 

Look out for the Cappadocian Maple, really nice one but, unusually for Maple (IME), 'suckers' quite a lot...which is one of the identification features.

 

Cheers..

Paul

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Was introduced to a lovely 'new', well at least to me, tree the other day as part of a contractor assessment. He mentioned Alder n I expected the mundane Alnus glutinosa but got a very pleasant surprise

 

https://www.barcham.co.uk/products/alnus-glutinosa-laciniata/

[Stubby]

Was introduced to a lovely 'new', well at least to me, tree the other day as part of a contractor assessment. He mentioned Alder n I expected the mundane Alnus glutinosa but got a very pleasant surprise

 

https://www.barcham.co.uk/products/alnus-glutinosa-laciniata/

 

Yea but is it good fire wood !

[tree79]

AKA Norway Maple...yup, me thinks so too.

 

Look out for the Cappadocian Maple, really nice one but, unusually for Maple (IME), 'suckers' quite a lot...which is one of the identification features.

 

Cheers..

Paul

 

 

I didn't think it was a Norway, but I will take it as one.

 

Thanks for all your help

 

Tree

[daltontrees]

I didn't think it was a Norway, but I will take it as one.

 

Thanks for all your help

 

Tree

 

I am pretty sure it's not a Norway Maple.

Edited June 20, 2015 by daltontrees

[tree79]

I am pretty sure it's not a Norway Maple.

 

 

Yeah it doesn't look right to me, I should of got more pictures.

The bark has a snake bark look to it.

The tree is about 8-10m tall.

 

 

Many thanks

Tree

[daltontrees]

Yeah it doesn't look right to me, I should of got more pictures.

The bark has a snake bark look to it.

The tree is about 8-10m tall.

 

 

Many thanks

Tree

 

It's tricky, theclosest I got was Acer rubra variety rubra, but even within that species and variety the range of leaf form and entirety of margins seems to be very variable. Normally too one wold expect the petioles on rubra to be red, but they aren't always. The long points to the lobes are reminiscent of pennsylvanica, as is the pronounced 3 lobed form, but it's not clearly pennsylvanica,which I remember as being more ridged and with a finely serrate margin.

 

I can eliminate lots of the Acer species easily enough, unfortunately when I do that there are none left!

[se7enthdevil]

was not going to comment as i was waiting to see what others thought but as there is an indecisive view i'll add my 2pence.

 

when i opened my complete guide to trees on the norway maple page there is a picture of a leaf that looks identical to the picture.

 

acer lobelii?