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ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 7:01 pm
by Matthew
Here is a tree out front near my ginko, i didnt think it was a trident as the leaves looked long and pointy however looking at its spring growth now im not sure? tree is about 30 feet tall. Also included a pic of my ginko just opening and my large palona tree at its peak of flowering
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Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 7:06 pm
by Bougy Fan
Liquidambar Noah - after my recent experience. Are the new buds a whitish colour ?
Tony
Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 7:23 pm
by Matthew
thats what i thought however its totally differnt to my 2 large ones on the property, i guess it proberly is just a differnt cultiver or throwing differnet characteristics. I didnt take note of the buds check tomorrow . it didnt produce those spiky pods like my other two or flower like my two are in atm?
Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 8:01 pm
by stymie
I don't see a trident there. What was the Autumn colouration?
Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 14th, 2010, 9:40 pm
by Guy
london plane ? london plain?
Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 15th, 2010, 8:18 am
by Dumper
acer ginalla?
i have one in my friends nursery. looks similar.
Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 15th, 2010, 4:00 pm
by JayP
yep she's definitley a liquidamber, you will notice new buds alternate and are not opposite one another!! if it were an acer new buds on a branch would be directly opposite from one another!

Re: ID maple maybe trident?
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 3:16 pm
by nishiki3
hi noah, im pretty sure your tree is Liquidambar formosana chinese sweet gum. it has a tri petal leaf.
