Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: possible hybrid

Another shot of the glorious red leaves of a Silver Maple tree growing in Bowness Park. Though there are other Silver Maple trees in the city, this is the only one that has leaves that turn red, suggesting it is a hybrid.

This photo of Silver Maple leaves on a small, spindly tree at Bowness Park, was taken on a walk yesterday. These were almost the only leaves on this tree, on one of the top branches, and they were blowing in the wind. Nearby, there is a second small Silver Maple tree (probably a hybrid) and some of its leaves were turning red. I now make an annual "pilgrimage" (LOL) to see these red leaves, as Calgary is not a city of Maples, unlike cities to our east, so red leaves are unusual and oh, so welcome! LOL, I heard both the "s" word and the "f" word on TV this morning. SNOW FLURRIES maybe this weekend!!! Had an enjoyable and, as always, tiring (for me, anyway) day botanizing part of Erik Butters' ranchlands, northwest of Calgary. Erik's land is in the Benchlands area. Two of the four of us who went (i.e. the two fungi fanatics - sorry, Doug, guess I should use that description just for myself as you are the one who has all the serious knowledge, and I just take pretty pictures, LOL) agreed that this area would be amazing to revisit around August next year, especially if it is a wet year. Thanks to Erik for giving up hours of his precious time for us today, showing us around his beautiful land. We appreciated so much being given the opportunity to explore this private property - and the cups of tea afterwards really hit the spot!

This is the only Silver Maple tree in the city whose leaves turn red in the fall, so it is probably a hybrid. The underside of the leaves is pale grey/silver coloured. A lot of damage was done to most of the leaves this year, maybe by hail?

A somewhat "damaged" Silver Maple leaf from a tree in Bowness Park. I'm not sure why pretty well every single leaf was badly damaged - maybe from hail? A pity, as this is the only tree of its kind in Calgary, if I remember correctly. It's so exciting to see real, RED Maple leaves! Nancy, I think you must have picked the only perfect leaf on the whole tree, LOL!