Tag: acer

There’s Norway to Confuse a Maple

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 8 May, 2016
3 Comments on There’s Norway to Confuse a Maple

There are lots of maples, but the most commonly planted street trees are The Norwegian or Norway (Acer platanoides) and the Sycamore (acer pseudoplatanus), both are handsome species and at first glance difficult to tell apart. They have a lot in common, they are similar sizes and have similar native distribution. The differences are subtle, […]

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Red Oak lives up to its name

Post author By paulitzer
Post date 4 November, 2011
2 Comments on Red Oak lives up to its name

In a post about the North American Red Oak (Quercus rubra) I wrote in the balmy days of August, I rather flippantly stated that ”… the beauty of this tree in its native New World is surely its fiery autumn colours which in our damper and milder oceanic climate is watered down from a rich […]

Tags acer, acer palmatum, highgate, japanese maple, london, maple, more london, N6, non-native, oak, quercus, quercus rubra, red oak, SE1, waterlow park