Collected native hard maple

[Waltron]

This maple caught my eye as it seems to have decent caliper, movement, taper, and actually a decent nabari. 98% sure it's a sugar maple. Crammed all the roots in this terracotta, got a ton of fibrous roots, we shall see. I didn't know what to do with the long branch on the bottom but eventually decided to cut it back an inch out, not exactly sure how I came to that decision but it has 2 well placed lower branches and the chop is Leaning away from the potential front so there is a big area where any buds would be useable if they come. There are a number of buds on the base of the roots. I think if it shoots ip high there will be a good chance to make this into something

 

[sorce]

Nice flare!

Score.

Sorce

 

[Spdyracer]

I just dug up what I thought was a buckeye but now believe it's a sugar maple. How wide is yours it looks pretty big like the one I dug.

 

[Borg]

View attachment 101319 View attachment 101322 This maple caught my eye as it seems to have decent caliper, movement, taper, and actually a decent nabari. 98% sure it's a sugar maple. Crammed all the roots in this terracotta, got a ton of fibrous roots, we shall see. I didn't know what to do with the long branch on the bottom but eventually decided to cut it back an inch out, not exactly sure how I came to that decision but it has 2 well placed lower branches and the chop is Leaning away from the potential front so there is a big area where any buds would be useable if they come. There are a number of buds on the base of the roots. I think if it shoots ip high there will be a good chance to make this into something

Pretty cool, I've been seeing a few sugars at work that look worthy of trying alongside my rubrum. Lol

 

[Borg]

I just dug up what I thought was a buckeye but now believe it's a sugar maple. How wide is yours it looks pretty big like the one I dug.

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Were the buds huge? If so, you may have a buckeye... If you can't remember what the buds were like, sugar maple bark is pretty hard/rough. Buckeye bark tends to be rubbery...

Both are trees that host the invasive beetles I survey for at work, which means I just spent all winter playing at tree ID. Lol

 

[Spdyracer]

Were the buds huge? If so, you may have a buckeye... If you can't remember what the buds were like, sugar maple bark is pretty hard/rough. Buckeye bark tends to be rubbery...

Both are trees that host the invasive beetles I survey for at work, which means I just spent all winter playing at tree ID. Lol

No buds when I dug it but all the same type trees around it have leaves now and there maples. So at this point I know it's a maple just not sure yet what kind. I think the leaves are still growing on the trees so I'm waiting to see what size they end up then try to figure out what kind.

 

[Borg]

No buds when I dug it but all the same type trees around it have leaves now and there maples. So at this point I know it's a maple just not sure yet what kind. I think the leaves are still growing on the trees so I'm waiting to see what size they end up then try to figure out what kind.

It would have had dormant buds. Take a picture of the leaf and send it to me in a pm or something. Everything is leafing out right now, and tree ID is an essential part of my job. Lol

 

[Waltron]

thanks this one is budded out, I actually have 2 of these are decent looking bonsai in my opinion, ill update soon.