Tree identification with pictures!

[Starting Small]

So I am pretty sure that I have this figured out but just want to be sure moving forward. The thinner tall tree goes with the leaf numbered 1. The other tree (close up of branches and bark) and the small leaf marked number 2 go together. My guess is that 1 is a sugar maple and that number 2 is a red maple. Am I correct? Both of these leaves are from the corresponding trees that never fell off in the fall. Thank you!

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[Starting Small]

Also I apologize if these are not very clear as it was raining when I took these today, if better pictures would help let me know and I can post some new ones tomorrow.

[Ausable]

Hey Starting Small - The one on the left looks like a Sugar Maple. That said - Get yourself a copy of the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees. It will help you identify all the trees you come across. Shows the leaf and how it is formed, The tree trunk and bark formation, the seed formation and also gives lots of information about each tree. I would not be without mine. I have several books on trees - but - like this one the best. Especially good for right now - when most of the trees are bare of leaves. ----Good Luck.

[Starting Small]

Good to know, does the other one look like a red? Thanks,

[Dan W]

Starting Small, I think #1 is a sugar but #4 is definately not a red. I don't know what it is offhand.

[Starting Small]

Interesting, maybe I have a hybrid of some sort. I could not find anything that really matches what this leaf and tree look like. I have 2 in my yard that were here when I bought my house. I just assumed it was a red, I tapped one last year and got a decent amount of sap from it. Although I remember the sap tasting a little like I was chewing on a piece of wood.

[SevenCreeksSap]

http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/kids/tree_blk.htm
Black maple is very similar in all respects to sugar maple, and thus is often misidentified as sugar maple. The key differences separating these two species are black maple's wider and drooping leaves, longer leaf stalk (petiole), and waxy coating on twigs greater than two years old. Black maple, like sugar maple, is an important species for sawtimber, veneer, maple syrup, and fuel wood.-Cornell site



The second one kind of look s like a Black maple, which Is supposed to have good sugar. We dont have them here so I've only seen a couple but small lobes on bottom are a clue.

[Mud Island Maple]

Check out maple-trees.com and see what you think. #1 is most likely a sugar maple but #2 is not a red. Looks like it could be a black maple though.

[Ausable]

Hey - Starting Small - You are really driving me bonkers with the leaf marked as Nr. 2. Looks like a nice - friendly little Maple Leaf that would be easy to identify - but - the only thing I can find so far is a Shantung Maple - which is an ornamental. Audubon dosen't list it - but - that is just for North American trees. I'm sure some of the Older? Wiser Members on this Site will be able to identify it ---- maybe ---- Hey - You just messing with us? --LOL--

[Starting Small]

I wish I were messing with you guys! I have been trying to figure it out for 2 years. Would a picture of the whole tree be helpful, of course without leaves. Both of the trees in my yard have leaves like this. What is also strange is that this summer both of these trees started having branches die for no apparent reason. It looks like they started to bud in the spring and then most of the branches developed leaves and the other branches just stopped, turned black and brittle and that was it. I only tapped one of the 2 in my yard last year so I know it is not from me tapping.