Thread: 2 trees ID
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Old 09-11-2011, 05:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On Nov 9, 5:43*pm, Emery Davis wrote:
On 11/09/2011 05:22 PM, Spider wrote:





On 09/11/2011 14:53, Dave Hill wrote:
On Nov 9, 1:49 pm, Stewart Robert
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In , Ragnar
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Hoping for ID on these two...
http://i42.tinypic.com/34nldzs.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/33ab1i9.jpg


The first looks like ash, but the leaves are wrong.


The 2nd I havent a clue what it is. I plucked some of the flowery
processes off to peek inside, as is shown. The pic was taken a day
after picking, and the light green fruity thing in the centre is going
brown in the pic.


fingers crossed, NT


The first is an Acer. Can not tell which speices from the single
leaf shown.
The second is the fruit of Plane (Platanus x acerifolia is most common
species)
R.


You beat me to it. The original poster should note that the samaras
(keys) of maples (Acer) are in pairs, rather single as in ashes
(Fraxinus).


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I know its a Maple, but think Sycamore for 1


I think No.1 is a Sycamore. *It may be worth noting that the black spot
on the leaf is Acer Tar Spot. *Not much you can do about it, except keep
it away from decorative acers if you grow any.


Does not look like a sycamore (A. pseudoplatanus) although as Ragnar
says it is difficult to tell from one leaf. Samara looks wrong too. The
3 lobes could indicate A. rubrum, which has wide morphological
variation, or perhaps a form of A. opalus. *More leaves will help!

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Looking at the buds on the bit of twig with the leaf I'll stick to
sycamore,
we could of course ask the OP where they came from.
David