I was in a neighborhood with maple trees and there were pure white seedlings all over! What kind of maple has such abundant albino seedlings?

I was not able to find info on Albino Maples, but found this on Project Noah site

http://www.projectnoah.org/spo...

There are herbicides that will cause new growth to be colorless. Could the area have been treated?

Moonhowl said:I was not able to find info on Albino Maples, but found this on Project Noah site

http://www.projectnoah.org/spo...

That's my spotting

porkpal said:There are herbicides that will cause new growth to be colorless. Could the area have been treated?

Nope, definetly albinos. Some plant cultivars are known for this high occurance but I can't find it on maples.

I grew some green seedlings and they definetly are Maple, just not sure exact species, my guess either Norway, Red, or Sugar. The light leaves are young they green up not albino.

I gather that these are seedlings that started out green. Do the albinos survive long enough to achieve any size, any maple-shaped leaves?

porkpal said:I gather that these are seedlings that started out green. Do the albinos survive long enough to achieve any size, any maple-shaped leaves?

No albino seedling lived. But these green seedlings are from the same Tree.