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DogInATent · 07/05/2023 22:04

One of the maple/sycamore family. Very common seedlings. Give it a good pull to remove. We get hundreds of them every spring.

heldinadream · 07/05/2023 22:05

@Cherryblossom200 I'd trust @MereDintofPandiculation she knows more about plant identification than anyone else on here hands down.

LuluBlakey1 · 07/05/2023 22:07

I pull hundreds of sycamores saplings out of our garden at this time of year. DD (6) who likes gardening, has helped this year.

LIZS · 07/05/2023 22:10

Sycamore, seeds have been particularly prolific this year.

rileynexttime · 07/05/2023 22:11

But the question is - will cutting it down to the stem ,get rid ? And if not ,what should be done ?

LIZS · 07/05/2023 22:13

Dig it out.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/05/2023 22:16

Another difference between sycamore and Norway maple is that sycamore leaves are serrated, sycamore leaves are smooth between the points. OPs plant has leaves which are smooth between the points, the edges are not serrated all round.

greenspaces4peace · 07/05/2023 22:20

it's a maple but regardless NO you should NOT have chopped it back!! the roots will grow underground and find another route which may be behind or through the concrete.
you need to dig it up while the root ball is manageable.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/05/2023 22:24

sycamore

Sycamore - Tree Guide UK - Sycamore tree identification

Sycamore tree identification - 5-lobed, toothed, alternate, leaves, hanging tail of flowers in May and winged fruits in October.

https://www.treeguideuk.co.uk/sycamore

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/05/2023 22:27

Norway maple

Norway Maple | Acer platanoides

The Norway Maple is botanically called Acer platanoides . The Tree is a deciduous tree, it will be 20 - 30 m (66 - 99 ft) high. The leaves are lobed and the flowers are yellow. The tree likes Sun to half-shade at the location and the soil should be san...

http://www.tree-guide.com/norway-maple

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/05/2023 22:29

Please - everyone saying sycamore, look at these two links and see whether you still think it's a sycamore.

They are closely related, and very similar in leaf shape. But not the same.

Yamadori · 07/05/2023 22:57

viques · 07/05/2023 20:34

It’s a sycamore with a fancy name , and anyway this one has seeded next to a brick wall so needs to come out.

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It's not a sycamore with a fancy name. It's a Norway maple. Different botanically.

Sycamore - acer pseudoplatanus

Norway maple - acer platanoides

Two different species, both of which can be annoyingly invasive. The OP's one appears to be a Norway maple, but it also looks somewhat like a sugar maple (acer saccharum) as well, but that's unlikely.

queenofthebongo · 07/05/2023 22:57

I think it's a sycamore. We get lots of them. The spikier leaves in the op's photo aren't fully unfurled. You can see the sycamore leaf with its longer points behind them.

Yamadori · 07/05/2023 23:02

Incidentally @MereDintofPandiculation I collected some Norway maple seed last year from a tree outside my office, and they have germinated. All of them look alike bar one - which to my surprise is variegated. Looking forward to growing that one on. 🙂

Em308 · 07/05/2023 23:05

MereDintofPandiculation is absolutely correct - definitely maple not sycamore. I’d dig it up, pot it and grow it on then replant somewhere more suitable.

Crikeyisthatthetime · 07/05/2023 23:13

Mere dint, find yourself a nice free area of wall or table. Bash your head against it a few times. It won't improve the reading comprehension on this thread but at least it will provide a temporary distraction for you.
Btw having examined both leaves, I now realise I have both types seeding themselves merrily around my garden.

IfOnlyOurEyesSawSouls · 07/05/2023 23:17

Sycamores have been awful this year ...

AugustRose · 07/05/2023 23:34

It's definitely a Norway Maple, and as others have mentioned, you need to dig it out or it will keep growing back. We have one on the village green at the top of our lane and this year we've had hundreds of seedlings to pull out before they take hold.

MrsSkylerWhite · 07/05/2023 23:36

A bloody sycamore! Nightmares.

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 07/05/2023 23:41

I'm sick-of-more people saying the wrong tree name

rileynexttime · 08/05/2023 08:13

Mere dint, find yourself a nice free area of wall or table. Bash your head against it a few times. It won't improve the reading comprehension on this thread but at least it will provide a temporary distraction for you.

Absolutely this ^

And absolutely dig out as much of the root as you can ,cutting it back IME just leads to multi stemmed buggers.

MereDintofPandiculation · 08/05/2023 08:28

@Yamadori knows trees. She spends most of her time with trees. I was hoping she'd come on this thread.

She says:

"It's not a sycamore with a fancy name. It's a Norway maple. Different botanically.

Sycamore - acer pseudoplatanus

Norway maple - acer platanoides

Two different species, both of which can be annoyingly invasive. The OP's one appears to be a Norway maple, but it also looks somewhat like a sugar maple (acer saccharum) as well, but that's unlikely."

MereDintofPandiculation · 08/05/2023 08:31

"All of them look alike bar one - which to my surprise is variegated. Looking forward to growing that one on. 🙂"

Oh how exciting!

One of my fun experiences was growing a pack of mixed Acers from Chiltern. Very instructive - I hadn't realised there were several species with snake bark.

MereDintofPandiculation · 08/05/2023 08:34

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 07/05/2023 23:41

I'm sick-of-more people saying the wrong tree name

I guess they're not reading the thread, just seeing the picture, and seeing a sapling that they've never had a good look at, so they don't realise this looks slightly different.

So they'll never return to look at the evidence.

AlisonDonut · 08/05/2023 08:38

If you have a tree, any tree, growing that close to a building you need to dig out the roots not just cut it back.