"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 06/04/2011 01:52 PM, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , David WE Roberts
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http://s817.photobucket.com/albums/z...reyCatUK/Acer/

Tall shot taken from front porch about 20' away.

I can't be sure - between my lack of familiarity and the limitations of
the photographic medium the leaves of Acer cappadocicum and Acer
palmatum are too similar for easy identification - but I think that this
is Acer cappadocicum; Acer palmatum has a broader domed habit, and
probably wouldn't care for such an exposed situation.

I've seen Acer cappadocicum cut to the ground and regenerating. But in
that circumstance it was, I think, suckering from the roots as well as
regenerating from the stump.


Definitely not Acer cappadocicum, the leaves aren't even close.
Certainly not A. palmatum (which can easily and rapidly reach that
height, if the specimen is vigorous). Also...

Also, are you sure it's not a Liquidambar (sweet gum)? they look rather
like maples, but have alternate (one per node) leaves, rather than
opposite (two per node) leaves. (The flowers and fruits are also
different, but I don't recall Liquidambar flowering/fruiting anywhere
here.)

It is indeed a liquidambar styracuflua cultivar, as you note the leaves
are alternate not opposite.

You were right to ask for a picture! It's true that liquidambars are
often confused with maples in photographs, I've even fooled fellow maple
geeks that way in the past.

Sorry I don't know how they respond to coppicing, I have a decent
selection of these trees but haven't tried cutting back.


Starting to get carried away with minor details.
However, the leaf picture here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Li...raciflua01.jpg
shows a 5 lobed leaf.
The leaves on our tree have two small extra lobes.

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