I would like assistance in identifying a maple shoot I received recently. I have searched this website and the internet to no avail. The leaves are the same color of green on the back. I was able to search the maple tree gallery and could not find an exact match. Any help give is greatly appreciated!
Field Maple (Acer campestre) PS if that is a cutting, it won't take root. It can only be propagated by seed or grafting.
To tell them apart, snip off a leaf and look at the sap that comes out of the leaf stem: Field Maple: Milky white sap. RM Sugar Maple: Clear sap. Test best done earlier in the summer, though, there might not be much sap left in the leaf stems now.
Thank you! I did run out and check the lower leaves. The sap is milky so field maple appears to be the likely choice. Thanks! The trees were offshoots from a larger tree in my mom's yard. Thanks also for the additional info on propagation. I have a lot to learn.
Thank you. I am pretty sure it is the field maple after checking the sap. I did not realize that there were so many different varieties of maples. This will be the second and probably not my last.
