"QuienEs" wrote in message
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Thanks Pam- gardengal for your quick and on-target answer.

A friend had suggested Japanese Maple but we couldn't figure out why
it wasn't red.

A Google for other images and additional info, based on the IDs found
in your answer, provided further proof and the point that some
Japanese Maples turn green in late summer.

Cheers, QE

Not all Japanese maples are red leaved or even start out red. There are
equally as many, if not more, cultivars that are various shades of green,
yellow green, gold and even quite a few that are variegated with multiple
colors.

pam - gardengal


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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:45:00 GMT, "Pam - gardengal"
wrote:

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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.
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| There are 7 leaves to a leaf cluster.
|
| http://quienes.home.att.net/MariJuanaTree-1.jpg
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| 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
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