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2. Crimson King Maple* It might be a Black Maple which is no longer considered a separate species.

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Original post)

Sat May 1, 2021, 08:02 PM

May 2021

* A type of Norway Maple which is a total shit invasive non native tree.

Cut it off @ ground level, paint the stump with round up, and plant a native instead.

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Who's good at identifying trees from their leaves? [View all] EYESORE 9001 May 2021 OP

Sugar maple? 2naSalit May 2021 #1

I considered sugar maple EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #3

I just looked at a few pics of Sycamore... 2naSalit May 2021 #4

Sycamore leaves are serrated. Sanity Claws May 2021 #19

Crimson King Maple* It might be a Black Maple which is no longer considered a separate species. Botany May 2021 #2

Thanks for keeping up the fight. I've pretty much given up. NT enough May 2021 #5

Well, there 'ya go!!! MyOwnPeace May 2021 #7

Not seeing a resemblance EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #8

Lots of variation in leaf morpholgy in the same species. Botany May 2021 #10

roundup???? Grasswire2 May 2021 #17

"Seriously" Yup. Botany May 2021 #20

I have red-headed woodpeckers, monarchs, oak trees, dogwood, kestrel.. Grasswire2 May 2021 #21

I'm guessing Red Maple..... MyOwnPeace May 2021 #6

Yeah, I've been looking EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #9

Looks like a good old Red Maple to me - I have bunch of them around me rurallib May 2021 #16

Could it be Sweet Gum? Arkansas Granny May 2021 #11

Sweet gum leaves are thinner Sanity Claws May 2021 #18

It does look like a Crimson King maple to me. femmedem May 2021 #12

Flip it over, does it look like this ... marble falls May 2021 #13

10 to 1 it's a horticultural variety of crimson king. Pobeka May 2021 #14

I have a Crimson King Maple in my front yard markie May 2021 #15