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Old 28-08-2004, 04:45 PM
Pam - gardengal
 
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"QuienEs" wrote in message
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Here's a hi-res scan of some leaves from a tree, about 25-feet tall,
that is growing next to, and over, the sidewalk in a NW New Jersey
town.

I cannot find this leaf pattern in my Audubon Eastern US tree field
guide.

There are 7 leaves to a leaf cluster.

http://quienes.home.att.net/MariJuanaTree-1.jpg

Can anyone ID it?


It is a laceleaf maple, most likely either an Acer palmatum var. dissectum
cultivar or an Acer japonicum. Lots of different cultivars of both - very
commonly planted trees. Obviously a non-native, which may be why you didn't
find it in the field guide.

pam - gardengal