Latest Atypical Myopathy research

[hairycob]

Latest results from University of Liege suggest that Field Maple & Norway Maple are probably not a problem and it's Sycamore we need to worry about. They also found that Hypoglycin A levels were highest in seedlings but think that the incidence of EAM is higher in the autumn either due to the seeds being more palatable or because there is less grass (or both).
Hope that gives a bit more peace of mind to people with field maple around.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Thanks for that update. We have a couple of field maples in the garden, and the lawn is covered atm in small green keys which have come down in our recent breezy weather, with a fair number going on the adjacent paddock. Not sure why they've fallen so early this year.

 

[Nativelover]

How interesting, how easy is it to tell the difference between the maple and sycamore???

 

[mirage]

Field maple has smaller leavers and they are more rounded than sycamores. I'll try and take a photo.

 

[mightymammoth]

thanks for sharing this information.