What is this plant please?

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• forget-me-not Posts: 52

  August 2018

  It has a long thin stalk about 4 feet high and the 'branches' go off one either side (in the same place) and are about 1 foot wide each. I found it behind a dogwood. Not sure if it's some type of weed or if a bird 'planted' it.

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  August 2018

  parthenocissus tricuspidata veitchii springs to mind

  Devon.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  August 2018

  Hostafan1 said:

  parthenocissus tricuspidata veitchii springs to mind

  I believe the leaves of above are alternate...which would rule it out.
  It has the look of Acer sp to me.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• forget-me-not Posts: 52

  August 2018

  I've just googled the first one which suggests a type of ivy. I'd say definitely not ivy. I've got 2 acers in my garden. Definitely not that either. Looks a bit more like a creeper than a tree. It doesn't stand by itself but is leaning against the fence.

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• forget-me-not Posts: 52

  August 2018

  
  

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• Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

  August 2018

  Cannot see the underside of the leaves , but foliage visible resembles Acer rubrum , or the Red Maple .
  

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• forget-me-not Posts: 52

  August 2018

  Just been out to look again. Maybe it is more like a tree but the branches are in twos and only grow out to the side.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  August 2018

  Right...we can rule out any sort of creeper/vine.
  That is a sapling.....a very young tree...a young Acer/maple tree.
  That is perfectly normal to have branches in 2's. That is called opposite branches.
   (as opposed to alternate.)
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=opposite+branches&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqv-n25v7cAhUGLlAKHcY1AGQQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=943#imgrc=_KDPjMjd_SQH1M:
  
  There are 100's of different Acers sp.
  Maybe forget-me-not you have 2 x Acer palmatum which have very different leaves.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• forget-me-not Posts: 52

  August 2018

  Yes, mine are acer palmatum. Hmm, this is very interesting. I guess one of the birds put it there. Think I'd better get it out. It is hidden behind a dogwood so there's not much room for it. I've got a few trees in pots so might pop it in one and see what happens. Thank you for your help with this.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  August 2018

  Sounds a good idea.
  
  Just to show you how varied Acer leaves can be ...this is  Acer carpinifolium that has leaves that look like Hornbeam.
  
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Acer+carpinifolium+leaves&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTwJfU7f7cAhVFb1AKHVNHASkQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=943#imgrc=tVfBSK2L9Ews2M:
  
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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