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Is this a self seeded tree? Any ideas what it is please ...

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Cherryblossom200 · 07/05/2023 14:30

Attached photo. Thanks!

Is this a self seeded tree? Any ideas what it is please ...
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MereDintofPandiculation · 08/05/2023 08:40

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.

The leaf you're talking about very clearly does not have serrated edges between the points. There's a smooth edge and then a point. Then another smooth edge and another point. It's even clearer if you enlarge the picture. That says it's a Norway Maple and not a sycamore.

Like you, I get lots of sycamore seedlings. I also work on a nature reserve where there are sycamore seedlings. I see them at all stages of growth. I can recognise them. I also get Norway Maple seedlings, and I can recognise them too.

MereDintofPandiculation · 08/05/2023 08:42

@queenofthebongo But thank you for considering the possibility Grin

Limer · 08/05/2023 08:45

I thought sycamore, so thanks PPs for the education about Norway Maple!

But I still think squirrel = tree rat. Little bleeders.

PoseyFlump · 08/05/2023 08:49

As soon as I came on to this thread I looked to see if @MereDintofPandiculation had posted because I knew she would have the answer!

crimsonlake · 08/05/2023 10:12

For the first time ever I have had a huge problem with sycamore seedlings, they are even growing in my gutters, but thankfully I have noticed they have now died. I have thousands in my front lawn, which I decided to mow over to get rid of. However I may have to resort to picking them out by hand as I have done in the back garden.

Twotothreeagain · 08/05/2023 12:06

The ones I pulled out (hundreds of them!) yesterday were definitely sycamores, but I wasn’t eagle-eyed enough to spot the difference between the sycamore leaves and the maple ones so assumed OP’s one was too. I have now been educated! It still needs to be pulled out as pp have said, as it’s so close to the wall.

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