Author Topic: Mother-in-law leaf (Solved American Sycamore) (Read 3299 times)

Jeff · « **on:** April 28, 2010, 10:56:36 PM »

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

fishpharmer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2010, 11:21:16 PM »

Brown.

Yes, definitely a Brown Leaf.
Guess you saw that coming.

It looks Sycamorish to me, or maybe maplish?

pigman · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2010, 11:22:07 PM »

Looks like sycamore to me. You did say to guess.

Gary_C · « **Reply #3 on:** April 29, 2010, 05:29:01 AM »

Does the tree have any tap holes in the lower stem?

Ron Wenrich · « **Reply #4 on:** April 29, 2010, 05:29:42 AM »

Sycamore is my guess.

bandmiller2 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 29, 2010, 06:23:08 AM »

American plaintree alis sycamore, pretty patchy bark??Frank C.

Gary_C · « **Reply #6 on:** April 29, 2010, 07:30:53 AM »

Sugar Maple!

Jeff · « **Reply #7 on:** April 29, 2010, 08:11:26 AM »

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.

OneWithWood · « **Reply #8 on:** April 29, 2010, 11:13:17 AM »

i'm in the Sycamore camp.

Brian Beauchamp · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2010, 01:28:18 PM »

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

bill m · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2010, 08:34:48 PM »

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

Ironwood · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:46:45 PM »

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

Jeff · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2010, 12:03:01 AM »

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

Picture from way back.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,290.0.html

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:22:02 AM »

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.

Ironwood · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2010, 09:05:53 AM »

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

Ironwood

icolquhoun · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2010, 02:04:52 PM »

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

WDH · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2010, 04:55:29 PM »

It is American Sycamore.

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