Dead Leaves Left On Maple Tree Last Fall/winter, Will They Get Pushed Off When New Spring Leaves Come On?

Question

I have only lived in this house for 2 years, so I do not know what kind of maple tree this is, it is not huge but each year it leaves its dead leaves on the branches, the first year I pulled them off, (quite an undertaking) and this year i did not, and where there is limbs that were bear near the top the reddish leaves are starting to come out, I’m worried, should I try to strip the other branches now? It has been unusually warm here in Santa Maria, CA

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Answer 1

It looks like a Japanese maple and you don't have to remove the leaves. They should eventually drop and be replaced by new leaves.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/why-leaves-did-not-fall-off-tree.htm