This Leaf was found in Tammy's mom's yard. Any guesses on what it might be?
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/unknown_leaf.jpg)
Brown.
Yes, definitely a Brown Leaf.
Guess you saw that coming. :)
It looks Sycamorish to me, or maybe maplish?
Looks like sycamore to me. You did say to guess. ;D
Does the tree have any tap holes in the lower stem?
Sycamore is my guess.
American plaintree alis sycamore, pretty patchy bark??Frank C.
Sugar Maple!
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.
i'm in the Sycamore camp.
Sycamore...definitely...neither Sycamore Maple or London Planetree have the margins that extend below the leaf base like that.
A Norway Maple sapling will have leaves that big and bigger.
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.
Ironwood
No, striped maple is entirely different. Not even close.
Picture from way back.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,290.0.html
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.
I guess I was just saying the tiers extending below the base are also occuring in that leaf.
Ironwood
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
It is American Sycamore.