So this is 2 trees the same age

Very good! You found the answer!
There are so many maple trees that identification can be a tough thing to do. This is not an indigenous tree here, it is invasive. These were brought to North America by Europeans and now they exist everywhere.
 
The ditches are full of them now! They get pressed and cover over the power lines! They can make nice Park trees but man are they invasive. I kinda lied when I said it was a wild tree. What I meant was... now they are wild. They just aren’t indigenous. Fucken Europeans!
 
JD3000 said:
Maples are a bit easier than some like oaks and viburnums. Amelanchiers are particularly tough for me, stolonifera is the only easy one.
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The easy part of this maple is the leaf looks like a maple, there are shitloads that don’t! They just have Acer in their name? The birds and wind carry these samara all over the place though. I find it strange that there is a committee in this area that marks invasive plants and yet this one slips under the radar?
 
Cat's out of the bag, Like Lonicera, Pyrus, and Ligustrum here. Control and kill what you can and hopefully prevent future invasives.
 
Invasive might be a strong term, naturalized might be more appropriate. Too frequently “invasive” comes down to noxious plants. Another definition on invasive is if it displaces or is directly harmful to the ecosystem. That is the definition I use most often. To some “invasive” can be a native plant that has adapted to colonize disturbed areas, such as alders and nettles. (Pioneer species)
 
JD3000 said:
Cat's out of the bag, Like Lonicera, Pyrus, and Ligustrum here. Control and kill what you can and hopefully prevent future invasives.
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I recently changed my company policy on invasive plants. I will not care for these plants, and do nothing or remove only. I get to decide on invasive status myself at my discretion. I can’t force my clients to share my views but I can refuse to help care for them.
An example is holly. Many counties around mine have it on their invasive lists, but ours doesn’t list it because we still have two commercial farms (straight from the counties mouth!)
 
JD3000 said:
Come out sometime and well wipe out the 3 I mentioned here...
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Japanese knot weed is starting to be an issue here now too! I remember when I lived in Victoria on Vancouver Island the Scotch Broom was really bad, and yes it has ecological impacts there. And so does Japanese knot weed!
 
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