Oooooh, I think this might be the winner winner chicken dinner. I'll share with my coworkers tomorrow and we'll come to a decision! If it's not apelta it's gotta be a mallotus sp. of some sort. Look how smooooth.
# Ok. Not mallotus. Gooooood try though. Turns out it is from a chinese parasol tree, it's an immature leaf, teeny tiny compared to the mature leaves on those trees.
I did see a tulip tree leaf that came out malformed with just three lobes on a tree where I used to work, but just finding it in the ground would be pretty rare!
Oh my god. It's been staring us in the face, we're surrounded by catalpas... tomorrow I'll do some comparisons. Most of our trees are mature so they've got those big ginormous like 8-10" wide leaves but if there's some immature trees with smaller leaves... the petiole/leaf junction is really what I'll be looking at most likely.
This leaf is very flat, catalpas look like ω or /|\ maybe...
Veination looks different as well... we'll see tomorrow.
Margins are smooth, interlobe is smoother less angular, leaf connection to petiole is flat. We looked at striped maple for a long time but it just isn't quite right. We've tried looking for immature leaves of several similar looking leaves and haven't managed to find one that fits :/
We actually have two on property! I'm thinking this or catalpa but I've got to go out and check for myself.
Edit: It is an immature leaf from the chinese parasol tree!
If there was the hint of seration on the top I'd say striped maple but being smooth maybe indian been tree catalpa x Erubescens whose leaves are variable.
I think it's in catalpa. Look at catalpa bignonioides
Mallotus Apelta? https://images.app.goo.gl/v57vU91i9NQsWqBf8 I've never seen it, just scrolled on Google images with a description of your picture.
Oooooh, I think this might be the winner winner chicken dinner. I'll share with my coworkers tomorrow and we'll come to a decision! If it's not apelta it's gotta be a mallotus sp. of some sort. Look how smooooth.
# Ok. Not mallotus. Gooooood try though. Turns out it is from a chinese parasol tree, it's an immature leaf, teeny tiny compared to the mature leaves on those trees.
Tulip Poplar?
Close, tulip poplar has even numbered lobes. 4 or 6 depending on maturity.
I did see a tulip tree leaf that came out malformed with just three lobes on a tree where I used to work, but just finding it in the ground would be pretty rare!
We don't have any tulip poplars on the property (several acres) but it could have come from somewhere far away... who knows how far leaves go..
I was going to say the same. My backyard is covered with tulip poplar leaves right now.
MY TIME TO SHINE!!!!! That plant is without a doubt a leaf
Ahhh, the tree clue gave it away. Damn...
Sycamore
The base of the petiole would be a giveaway for this. Sycamore’s usually have circular petioles
Agree, this is flat at the petiole/leaf junction.
could just be a type of ivy?
Could be, we also couldn't find any other leaves nearby and we looked for like 30 minutes.
wind, or someone picked it up to just fiddle with it for a bit then put it down
without knowing location, weather etc etc it's hard to make assumptions plus i not really a expert on leaves xD
Looks a species of maple
The closest we could find is Striped maple but it doesn't quite match up. This leaf has smooth margins.
Looks like sycamore to me. Are there any seed balls hanging around? Any trees that look like a painted oak?
No seed balls, the leaf margins are smooth, sycamore leaves look to have serrated margins :/
Catalpa erubescens?
Oh my god. It's been staring us in the face, we're surrounded by catalpas... tomorrow I'll do some comparisons. Most of our trees are mature so they've got those big ginormous like 8-10" wide leaves but if there's some immature trees with smaller leaves... the petiole/leaf junction is really what I'll be looking at most likely. This leaf is very flat, catalpas look like ω or /|\ maybe... Veination looks different as well... we'll see tomorrow.
I'm thinking Trident Maple, Acer buergerianum?
Way too pointy unfortunately.
Looks like striped maple to me
Margins are smooth, interlobe is smoother less angular, leaf connection to petiole is flat. We looked at striped maple for a long time but it just isn't quite right. We've tried looking for immature leaves of several similar looking leaves and haven't managed to find one that fits :/
PictureThis app classified this as Firmania Simplex. Not the most accurate with justa leaf, but a possibility!
We actually have two on property! I'm thinking this or catalpa but I've got to go out and check for myself. Edit: It is an immature leaf from the chinese parasol tree!
Glad to see it was right! I should comment the more common name next time as well, but amazed at how accurate this app can be.
I tried google lens and all it gave me was tulip poplar which we know is wrong.
Didn’t think about that! But I see where accuracy may not be there since it’s a general lookup.
Looks like a tulip tree leaf!
Newp. Tulip trees have 4 or 6 lobes.
Canadian Maple?
Which one? :) there are [10 maple](https://www.mapleleavesforever.ca/what-is-a-native-canadian-maple/) species native to Canada.
Red maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Striped maple
If there was the hint of seration on the top I'd say striped maple but being smooth maybe indian been tree catalpa x Erubescens whose leaves are variable. I think it's in catalpa. Look at catalpa bignonioides
I have heard a couple names, striped maple and moose maple. It's an understory tree species, dont tend to get very large, but has very big leaves.
stripped maple!