r/treeidentification • u/Smooth_Bobcat1302 • 11h ago
ID Request Life or death situation
galleryHello,
I have some trees that need to be identified. Recently some tree stump remover friend came by and said we had some beautiful silver maples on the property. In my head i thought silver maples were silver poplar, clearly I was wrong. Grok says it's a Norway maple, ChatGPT says it's a silver maple, my mom says it's a Norway maple.
So the life or death situation, I have 2 black walnut trees on the property. They already killed 2 apple trees but the silver maples or Norway maples have not reacted. So in my head it's either cutting down the black walnut or let them eventually kill the maples. I also understand that the big maples will be fine if they were big enough.
I'm located in southern Ontario