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Mother-in-law leaf (Solved American Sycamore)

Started by Jeff, April 28, 2010, 10:56:36 PM

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Jeff

This Leaf was found in Tammy's mom's yard. Any guesses on what it might be?



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Brown.

Yes, definitely a Brown Leaf.
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It looks Sycamorish to me, or maybe maplish?
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Looks like sycamore to me. You did say to guess. ;D
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Gary_C

Does the tree have any tap holes in the lower stem?
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American plaintree alis sycamore, pretty patchy bark??Frank C.
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Jeff

 I don't know what it is either. It blew into her yard from the woods near her. Its not a leaf from one of her trees.  She does live right on the Muskegon river so there is a good chance of there being sycamore and sugar maples in the area. Both of those were my preliminary guesses.  The trees she does have in her yard are pretty huge. I think I may have a picture of one. I'll look, but its irrelevant to the I.D. of the leaf pictured.
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Brian Beauchamp

Sycamore...definitely...neither Sycamore Maple or London Planetree have the margins that extend below the leaf base like that.

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A Norway Maple sapling will have leaves that big and bigger.
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Ironwood

I suppose sycamore, but also Moose Maple and Striped Maple have extension like that I believe, you are nothern. We have those two species here at 2000' and above on the ridges.

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Jeff

No, striped maple is entirely different. Not even close.

Picture from way back.

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SwampDonkey

Looks like sycamore to me as well. I have three books and the more northern sycamore seems to have a deep cut in the leaf base than further south. But it's not described as such distinction. But, my Native trees of Canada book shows a deeper cut at the base than Audubon or Harlow et al. I believe that also to be a shade leaf, which can also express different morphology than the norm.
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Ironwood

I guess I was just saying the tiers extending below the base are also occuring in that leaf.

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icolquhoun

Having more sycamore here than we know what to do with, and being a kid who always loved climbing in them on river and stream-edges I am 99.9% certain that's sycamore

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It is American Sycamore.
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