Please can someone identify this tree
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Greetings, welcome to the Forums.
If possible, please post another photo with the flowering branch in focus. Try using the 'macro' settings on your camera.
Even as a blur, it appears that your tree is a Red Maple (Acer rubrum) in the Soapberry Family (Sapindaceae). It is a species native to eastern Canada and the eastern and central United States.
Of further interest, your tree appears to be bisexual or monoecious, in other words it has both male and female flowers on the same plant. This is unusual for Red Maple, which is usually a monosexual or dioecious species, with male and female flowers on different, individual plants.
If possible, please post another photo with the flowering branch in focus. Try using the 'macro' settings on your camera.
Even as a blur, it appears that your tree is a Red Maple (Acer rubrum) in the Soapberry Family (Sapindaceae). It is a species native to eastern Canada and the eastern and central United States.
Of further interest, your tree appears to be bisexual or monoecious, in other words it has both male and female flowers on the same plant. This is unusual for Red Maple, which is usually a monosexual or dioecious species, with male and female flowers on different, individual plants.
Alright, I'll stay with my original determination.
You should start seeing leaves in another few weeks.
You should start seeing leaves in another few weeks.
Going to try and send another photo, hope these help
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Those are nice photos taken at sunset.
It appears the tree has mostly male flowers, though that first branch in the OP did have a few female flowers on it as well.
It appears the tree has mostly male flowers, though that first branch in the OP did have a few female flowers on it as well.
Well, the largest Red Maple (Acer rubrum) on record is in Great Smokey Mountains National Park and stands at 141 feet tall,
but most Red Maples will likely only grow about half as tall.
Of course,in cultivation, pruning can keep a tree much smaller. If you decide to prune, I recommend that you prune regularly with more graceful thinning cuts, rather than bluntly lopping the ends off large branches, which can both look unattractive and invite disease.
but most Red Maples will likely only grow about half as tall.
Of course,in cultivation, pruning can keep a tree much smaller. If you decide to prune, I recommend that you prune regularly with more graceful thinning cuts, rather than bluntly lopping the ends off large branches, which can both look unattractive and invite disease.