In message , David WE Roberts
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"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 06/03/2011 05:28 PM, David WE Roberts wrote:

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 06/03/2011 01:03 PM, David WE Roberts wrote:
We have an Acer in the small front garden - pretty pale green
leaves and
forms part of a privacy barrier between the bay window and the
footpath.

Do you know the species?

No idea - can post a picture if this would help.


I'll be happy to look at it if you want to take the trouble. Otherwise,
"looks like a Japanese Acer" or "looks like a sycamore" is fine, too.

Looks like a Japanese Acer.

Japanese maples are said to be able to get that large, but something big
enough to foul telephone wires doesn't sound like a Japanese maple,
which tends to be slow growing and not particularly big.

I think a photograph (of a typical leaf) to confirm the identification
would not go amiss, in advance of anyone offering you any advice.

If it looked anything like the common Sycamore it would have been out
as soon as we moved in.
I have had bad experiences with Sycamore, which can grow and spread
like a weed.



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alias Ernest Major