4/8/08

Tree ID help

Do you know what tree this is? The quick picture I got of it isn't enough for me to ID it properly. Can you?

This is the largest picture I can post, but you can click for an even larger one.

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ADDED: Emma writes:
Looks like a Trident Maple, Acer buergerianum. I can't believe I
knew that!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_Maple

I see them in nurseries all the time now.


2nd ADDED: Link, Link, Link.

3rd ADDED: But how do we pronounce buergerianum?
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9 comments:

  1. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 7:56 PM

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  2. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 7:58 PM

    I see in one place the leaves are opposite. Acer something?

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  3. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM

    Ficus carica? I feel like that's not right. I would have ID'd that right away.

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  4. AnonymousApril 8, 2008 at 8:22 PM

    Hi Chuck,

    As you posted in such a timely manner, I think it's a Trident Maple. They have a nice shape and I think you could keep them smallish. Well, duh Emma, they are used for bonsai.

    Emma

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  5. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 8:47 PM

    If I ignore the first 'e', it's burger-i-a-num. Easy enough, I guess. Now I wonder who was Buerger.

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  6. AnonymousApril 9, 2008 at 5:11 AM

    It is very lush looking! Don't you love 'spring green'!

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  7. Mr. McGregor's DaughterApril 9, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    Byure-jure-ee-AH-numb?

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  8. AnonymousApril 9, 2008 at 7:45 PM

    Duh, just pronounce "ue" like "ΓΌ"!

    Sorry. like this.

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  9. chuck b.April 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    Well, unlike some people, I speak American. Burger Maple it is.

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