Help identify maple tree type and health problems

[brscott]

Hi everyone, I wonder if someone could tell me the species of my tree (red maple?) and then also tell me what are the problems with it and whether there is any action I can take to help it recover.

A little background. The tree was in my yard when I moved in about 7 years ago. It has almost always had leaves curling up and dying and drops them early, but comes back every spring. It has grown some over that period and new branches and buds are appearing. I've recently started to try and care for it better and have removed the sod around it and put in a circle of mulch around the base. It also looks like it was wounded at the base at some point - maybe by being bumped with a lawn mower? I've attached some pictures of what appear to be various problems.

 

[Ikeholt]

Does look like Red maple or a hybrid of sorts. Read up on Red maple chlorosis that's what it has. There are remedies, personally I'd re-plant something more suited to the soil type.

 

[brscott]

Thanks! I will research chlorosis and see what I can do. Cheers

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[ATH]

Sulfur fertilizer is cheap. It is a slow process to lower soil pH, but we've had success getting chlorotic trees to recover. How is planting depth? ( Post a picture of the trunk where it goes into ground).
If you like the tree:
*Bigger mulch ring (wider, not deeper)
"Sulfur fertilizer every fall raked into mulch bed.
*Correct planting depth if too deep.

 

[brscott]

Sulfur fertilizer is cheap. It is a slow process to lower soil pH, but we've had success getting chlorotic trees to recover. How is planting depth? ( Post a picture of the trunk where it goes into ground).
If you like the tree:
*Bigger mulch ring (wider, not deeper)
"Sulfur fertilizer every fall raked into mulch bed.
*Correct planting depth if too deep.

Hi ATH, thanks for the reply. I will try to help the tree recover and start adding sulfur fertilizer and widen the mulch ring. I've attached two photos of the base. As I mentioned in my first post, it does look damaged. Actually, as I was out taking pictures, I noticed a few larvae of some sort inside the wound area. Too small to get a photo of though.