Tree Identification

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• punkdoc Posts: 15,039

  April 2020

  Looks like a Liquidambar.

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  When you don't even know who's in the team
  
  S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border

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• pot-man Posts: 140

  April 2020

  Are leaves this colour ?
  
  
  

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• rstevenson_ Posts: 5

  April 2020

  Hi, they don’t have that deep purple colour. Just bright red and then fall off. Tree is only about 2.5m high, despite being at least 15 years old. 

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• rstevenson_ Posts: 5

  April 2020

  On second thoughts, looks like it could be a sweetgum. Ornamental possibly?

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020

  Definitely Liquidambar styraciflua ..many named cultivars...including one called Gum Ball.
  
  https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=liquidambar styraciflua gum ball&qs=AS&form=QBIR&sp=1&pq=liquidambar styraciflua gum ball&sc=2-32&cvid=7C23815918D64150AFB24C48404A75B4
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• rstevenson_ Posts: 5

  April 2020

  Definitely one of those. Thanks for your help all.

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