Maple ID by leaf
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Ralphie Boy
Minister of Fire
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BamaScroungr
Burning Hunk
You'll need to upload a bark pic to give anyone a chance at guessing. There are at least a couple dozen species of maple.
Thanks. Yours is a little different and like the ones in my book. Yours is much shinnyer and less serated. Maybe the difference between a mature and young tree?
paul bunion
Minister of Fire
Picture was taken about a month ago now. All leaves are of these tree now and have been for a week or two.
TheAardvark
Burning Hunk
Norway leaves are wider than they are tall. I dont think this is a Norway. Ive cut about 6 or 7 Norways down this year trying to get them out of an area where they are taking over.
Actually with maples you can tell more by the leaf cause the bark varies so much for each species and location
Paulywalnut
Minister of Fire
I think it looks like Sugar, break a leaf stem, if the sap is milky white its Norway maple.(only maple you dont want to tap for syrup)
The second picture(Ralphie) is probably Black maple (some people dont recognize it as seperate from Sugar)
Black is more common out toward Ohio.
Check the sap, or pull a leaf off a branch.
All my leaves are off trees now, even the Oaks. Dry fall I guess. Last year it snowed with half the leaves still on trees.
Another thing, Sugar maple leaves look delicate and fragile, where Black maple and Norway are kind of leathery looking.
The second picture(Ralphie) is probably Black maple (some people dont recognize it as seperate from Sugar)
Black is more common out toward Ohio.
Check the sap, or pull a leaf off a branch.
All my leaves are off trees now, even the Oaks. Dry fall I guess. Last year it snowed with half the leaves still on trees.
Another thing, Sugar maple leaves look delicate and fragile, where Black maple and Norway are kind of leathery looking.
Can you take a picture of the pictures in your ID book?
Dont go by Google unless its a forestry college or something.
Dont go by Google unless its a forestry college or something.
That looks like a pretty standard Sugar Maple leaf. Norway is similar, but typically wider than long, as somebody pointed out. Norway maples have bark that looks like Ash bark.
Other native maples are Red, Silver, and Black. This is none of those. There are also Striped maple and Mountain Maple, but those are small trees and have leaves not similar to these.
Other native maples are Red, Silver, and Black. This is none of those. There are also Striped maple and Mountain Maple, but those are small trees and have leaves not similar to these.
BamaScroungr
Burning Hunk
I've learned something today. I really didn't think it was that easy or simple, but I'll take your word for it. I'm still very much an amateur dendrologist!
I don't mean to highjack this thread but John's link got me doubting. I was sure I was burning silver maple shown in these pictures. And I was so impressed with the burn times!!
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Another vote for sugar maple. If the samara were in the pic it would be another good clue - as Baseroom mentioned, sugar maple would be horseshoe shaped, Norway would look like a coat hanger. And as TheAardvark mentioned, leaf width kinda points to sugar maple vs Norway too
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