Field maple - Acer campestre

 

This Field maple was among those I found in Longford park, Manchester. Unfortunately, the lack of leaves at this time of year did make the tree a difficult one to locate. However, it was clearly indentifyable from its grey-brown bark, with a slightly corky texture. Had the leaves been there at the time of my visit, they would have been lobed with tufts of hair in the axils of the veins underneath the leaf. The sequence of colour for the Field maple, begins with a pinkish tinge but soon turns to a dark green. Then to bright yellow and finally reddish brown in the Autumn.
Information from Collins Complete Guide to British Trees