Go ahead and send me the leaves along with some branch pieces in a bubble mailer.

Dax

I sent you a email because I never kept your address and need you to tell me again. Thanks

I have a spam filter that stores emails and delivers them once-weekly. I'll letcha know when the email arrives.

Dax

Okay, I'll check back.

Poaky, I just accidentally deleted that email before I had a chance to read it.

Send me an email to:
all one word & all lower caps

conifer collec tor @ hot mail . com

Dax

Poaky, you get my email? Today (another person) is asking for my home address? Two people.......

Dax

I never got an email, so I sent one again, forgetting that you wouldn't get it until the next week again. Sorry for any screw-up, if you got my email today, send me one back when you get a chance with your address, where I can send the dwarf maple parts, for you to try to give me a ID. The return email should be the same on both my emails to you.

Poaky, send again to hotmail. put the name of the the oak seed I sent in the email or title.

Dax

I sent you another email, Monday 11:22 5/30/11

I got your Email and will ship out the maple parts Monday this coming week. Thanks again! It will say Julie from Pa on the envelope.

Very well.

Dax

It seems to be Acer pseudoplatanus.

That was a tougher one for me. There's a link below.

Dax

Here is a link that might be useful: Show Thread

Yep, concur A.pseudoplatanus.

Dax

Thanks for the ID, I have heard of sycamore maple before. So even though it has seeds, I wonder why we've never had babies popping up, I have a shade plant bed under it. I always thought of sycamore maple as the opne in the bible or California sycamore, but never did an indepth web search or any real info gathering on it. This tree is done growing I would say, and only 20-25 ft tall at 30+ years old, is it going to live much longer, or is it going to start declining now that it's mature? I park my car under this tree, and love the shade, but should I plant something near it now to take over the shade tree job once it's gone or does it have many more years left as long as it's health stays good, barring unforeseen accidents, lightening etc. It has woodpecker holes and a large pruning cut to callus over, but otherwise good all round.

Hi poaky,

Let it go. Plant another tree when you need to.

I appreciate the seeds ~actually.

Regards,

Dax

After a yahoo search of Acer Pseudoplatanus it showed a tree in Scotland that is as big as an oak and super old (referrrences Mary Queen of Scots and this tree) our tree has different under-bark than the orange color mentioned. The Darnley sycamore is the Acer Pseudoplatanus that is huge, it's on Wikipedia. Sorry if I overlooked anything, but it seems our tree is similar but smaller. I wish it was gonna get as big as the Darnley sycamore! Unless the Wikipedia put an actual Sycamore on the Acer Pseudoplatanus page (?)

Is Acer Glabra a possibility? Ours has no fall color, not sure about A. Glabra

Never. sycamore.

I meant to tell you that the sample you sent was full of leafhoppers.

Dax

I will check out the leafhoppers on the web. Like what they are and any damage they do. They must be just a nuisance thing, all plants look okay here still. Again, thanks for your time and effort with the ID.

Dax, I wanted to know if you got any of the seeds to germinate? The tree still has the seed pods on it and they are green except for the ends, the seed part is green.