Cultivar identification

[MAKman]

Hello,
I was looking through the forum and looked through many threads. I could not find a close match as I was looking for a general guide on identifying maple cultivars (certainly a very tedious task). I came across this when looking for planters on a website for local buy/sell. The owner does not even know the species. The price tag is a steal, but I am not sure if it is worth the my time, if it were not a maple at all. Would you be able to take a shot at identifying this cultivar? I was thinking that it may be a trident, but I am a complete rookie in the JM arena. Thank you for your time.

 

[Tums]

Red maple/Acer rubrum? Based on leaf shape, colored petiole, smooth bark, large leaf size.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Acer rubrum

 

[hinmo24t]

red maple. probably not worth buying to be honest

 

[MAKman]

probably not worth buying to be honest

Thank you for the quick responses. I can get the whole thing for 15$. I am probably going to pass, however, due to what I read about the problem with the foliage size.

 

[penumbra]

They reduce well, grow fast, are very resilient and grow free everywhere.

 

[Sean Walker]

I’d buy it then use it to learn from. It’s only $15 ! Or offer $10, what are you out ?

 

[penumbra]

I’d buy it then use it to learn from. It’s only $15 ! Or offer $10, what are you out ?

Seriously, they grow everywhere and transplant very very easily.

 

[Forsoothe!]

It will disappoint, save the $15 and find a Japanese, Amur, Trident, or Hedge Maple, or a billion other shrubs with a single trunk.