THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote:

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I have a 40' Norway maple out front that does the same thing.
I have wondered if the squirrels have cut off the branches
(or maybe some birds that have a nest further up the tree ?-)

Its roots have heaved the sidewalk up about 6" and we are looking
forward to the city removing it before someone stumbles, etc..

Ciao, Ack,

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Ciao,

The 2 maples that I spoke of are not of the same type. I heard that one
is a silver maple and the other is a Norway maple. The one that is
losing cluster of leaves is further from our house theirs. The other one
is 10 feet from their house. Last year, the build a patio in cement
blocks at the ground level. Maybe one day they will wake up with an
uneven patio and realise that their foundations are affected. We have
one root from the tree right at the surface of the lawn. It does not yet
bother us, but our neighbour from the right showed me a huge root
sticking out from their lawn. I saw them working in this area for a long
time last year and I think they got ride of the root or roots.

Because branches reach the house, they always have squirrels on their
roof and one winter there was a raccoon sleeping at a corner between 2
roofs. These animals can make lots of damage. This house have had
damages to its roof before and had cause water damage inside the house.

I heard that the city does not allow their citizens to plant silver
maple any more.

Françoise.