Could this be a water sprout on my maple?

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KatyMac So. Puget Sound, WA(Zone 8b) May 31, 2006

I've worried about this branch since I moved here a year ago. In the winter all the off-shoots appear to go straight up too. But it's so big! Is it possible for a water sprout to grow this large?

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Penn_Pete Glen Rock, PA May 31, 2006

A watersprout turns into a branch. A watersprout is also generally one year's growth (the second year it gets laterals). Your photo shows what may have started out as a watersprout when somebody trimmed a branch, but it is not really properly called a watersprout now.

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KatyMac So. Puget Sound, WA(Zone 8b) Jun 01, 2006

Thank you Pete. I was afraid it was taking energy from the tree just going up and up and never out! LOL

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