Platanus spp?

Please show the leaves. But from what I can discern they’re small and not palmate. So not Platanus.

I agree.

More information please.

So far it looks to be a red maple. Complete with whitish leaf undersides. Or a Freeman maple.

We need to see the leaves. From what I can see so far the leaves are relatively small and not palmate.

And from what I can see the leaves are like those of a Freeman or red maple. In addition Bing does this thing now where it shows a panel of Related content down the right side of my page when I click on a square icon on an image on a web site. So I have numbers of pictures of similarly sized Freeman and red maples in cultivated settings and reddish autumn dress looking at me. Most of which are quite similar to the tree asked about.

If the OP doesn't care enough to post enough good pictures, then he doesn't care really if he gets an indisputable, positively correct identification.

He's posted hundreds of NTP threads, many with similar poor to inadequate information. TBH, it gets a little tiring.

haha! good point.

Not my forte anyways. ;-)

"many with similar poor to inadequate information"

Lol, c'mon bro...this one was admittedly a long shot (pun intended) and not my norm, which usually always includes close-ups. Anyways, like I said, I will probably go back in a month and get some close-ups (if the leaves are still on then).

But zooming in, the leaves do look more like a Red Maple (Acer rubrum) to me?

In this case, it's probably one of the easier identifications for the experts so nbd.

In my case, I need all the help I can get. :-)

Acer rubrum are generally grey to light grey bark in their younger years, when bark is smooth.

What appeared to me to be a mottled colored bark, from what I could see made me think platanus.

Tree identification is only a hobby to me and is done only when I'm bored. lol

Leaves will be gone in a month but not the winter buds

It is rather interesting that although this is a global website, with a world population of 8 billion now...it's really just a handful of us regularly posting on here.

Which I enjoy from a selfish standpoint of not getting lost in the shuffle...but it's also a sad statement about how most people just don't give AF about our plants!

Yes, and interest is waning from earlier years, which causes us to lose interest too as nothing is happening,etc. Feedback loop.

blakrab, I don't mind your postings -- I see things IDed that overwise I'd never see (TX is rather unique). Sometimes one can be in a car or whatever, and can't get out for a leaf. I agree w/Embo that that is a red maple or red-hybrid. There is the look of the leaves, color/smoothness of the trunk, and the branching is typical.

Heck, sometimes walking the kids around the neghborhood I'll see something new and be just a bit cconcerned about trespassing to get the undeleaf pic or whatever I think I need.

Looks maple-y to me

Reminds me of Brandywine maple. Popular up here in D/FW.

"Sometimes one can be in a car or whatever, and can't get out for a leaf."

Exactly, in this case I had no time to stop and get out. I also thought my camera had enough res to capture the leaf shapes from that distance too...but upon viewing it on the PC later...realized I was wrong, lol.

Could be a 'Brandywine'...which is still a variety of Red Maple.

I agree, some form of red maple.

The use of plant identification apps has greatly impacted the traffic on plant ID sites. I have never tried them.

Carol, I have (but not in a year or two). My hellebore was identified as a blackberry. I don't remember what other highly toxic plant I id'd but it also flubbed to something edible. Take with lots of grains of salt.

you make me jealous.. i wish i had the gumption to get off my butt and go for a walkabout.. and take pix.. and stimulate my mind wondering what everything is ..

if it werent for your posts.. i wouldnt get any exercise.. lol ...

anyway. in regard the tree.. at this distance.. i cant tell if it has a whitish bark.. or just a good crop of lichens ...

ken

Nice Cycad!

@Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A Dave, I hate to disagree with you, but that's obviously Victoria amazonica. I'm just surprised it's growing out of water...and it seems to be a lot hardier than the references state. And I didn't realize it had such stout stem. And it's more tall and upright than any water lily has a right to be. And the leaves are much smaller. And pointier. And more numerous. And they should be peltate. And I don't see any thorns. Or a raised leaf rim. But other than that, it really matches V. amazonica :P

P.S. I really don't see how they can claim a leaf of V. amazonica will support a human's weight. Obviously they're too small (the leaves, not the humans).

Ho, ho Ho, ho ... but the Cycad (genuine) is in the left hand corner....

@floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK, you sure know how to ruin a guy's joke, lol. But seriously, I didn't see the cycad until you pointed out *where* it is. On my monitor it's so dark all I can (barely) see is the silhouette against the skyline. But good catch, to both you and @Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A. Anyway. I still think the big thing in the middle is a water lily, lol. Somebody just needs to give the poor thing some water...

Ugh, I hate Sago Palms. Really pokey, non-native, dies in hard winters here, and extremely toxic if anything consumes it. So naturally...builders and landscapers love using it!

OK, here's the long-awaited close-up follow-up to this old drive-by shot!

Leaves look like a red maple (perhaps some selection), not a hybrid.

Hmm, does generally look like Red Maple leaves, but not quite as pointy...

Although I don't see anything else close...so I'll probably just go with Red Maple (Acer rubrum), then.

I've seen alot of red maples. The red x silver hybrid will have more indentations in the lobes and more minor lobes, like silver maple. The leaves you show are classic red maple. Of course, there is some variation between individuals.