Japanese Maple ID?

greendragon · Post by **greendragon** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:29 am

can anyone ID this Japanese Maple from my local park for me please? thanks.

Conifers · Post by **Conifers** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:38 am

Acer palmatum.

kata · Post by **kata** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:01 pm

But that covers a multitude of Acers does it not Conifers?

Example:

Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' ...or Sango - Kaku..etc.

rush · Post by **rush** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:10 pm

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' for sure

Conifers · Post by **Conifers** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:22 pm

kata wrote:But that covers a multitude of Acers does it not Conifers?

Example:

Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' ...or Sango - Kaku..etc.

Yeah, but they're all just cultivars - and there's no evidence that this is a named cultivar, rather than just a seedling. It's pretty close to the natural wild-type pure Acer palmatum, so it could very easily be a seedling-grown tree.

billo · Post by **billo** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:58 pm

I'm with Conifers on this one.

Trainer John · Post by **Trainer John** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:46 pm

I'm not sure it is a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum). It looks a lot more like Acer cappadocicum to me.

Conifers · Post by **Conifers** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:34 pm

Trainer John wrote:I'm not sure it is a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum). It looks a lot more like Acer cappadocicum to me.

Nope, that has shallower lobes:

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