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A protoxin present in the seeds of Acer negundo, hypoglycin A, has been identified as a major risk factor for, and possibly the cause of, a disease in horses, seasonal pasture myopathy (SPM). SPM is an equine neurological disease which occurs seasonally in certain areas of North America and Europe, with symptoms including stiffness, difficulty ...
The “leave your leaves” movement is all about putting those rakes and blowers away and letting nature do what nature does. ... Experts say leaving your leaves has more benefits for your yard ...
Acer saccharinum is a different species better known as silver leaf maple. The sapwood can be white, and smaller logs may have a higher proportion of this desirable wood. [ 27 ] Bowling alleys and bowling pins are both commonly manufactured from sugar maple.
Amur maple is treated either as a subspecies of Acer tataricum (Tatar maple), [3] or as a distinct species in its own right, Acer ginnala. [2] [4] [5] The glossy, deeply lobed leaves of subsp. ginnala distinguish it from subsp. tataricum, which has matt, unlobed or only shallowly lobed leaves; it is separated from subsp. tataricum by a roughly 3,000 km range gap across central Asia.
The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about 27 mm (1.1 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in) broad, with a wing angle of 145° and a conspicuously veined pedicel. [3] [4] [5] The bloom period for Acer pensylvanicum is around late spring. [6] The spelling pensylvanicum is the one originally used by Carl Linnaeus. [citation needed]
Acer sempervirens, the Cretan maple, is a species of maple native to southern Greece and southern Turkey. [2] [3] [4] Cretan maple (Asfendamos), Dikti Mountains, Crete. Acer sempervirens is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, one of the very few evergreen species in the genus. It grows to 10 metres (33 ft) tall with a trunk up ...
Acer griseum, the paperbark maple or blood-bark maple, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to central China. [4] Acer griseum is found in the Chinese provinces of Gansu , Henan , Hubei , Hunan , Shaanxi , Shanxi and Sichuan , at altitudes of 1,500–2,000 m (4,921–6,562 ft).
Acer tegmentosum, the Manchurian striped maple, [3] is a species of deciduous tree in the maple genus, which is native to the southern part of the Russian Far East (along the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Primorsky Krai), northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), and Korea. [4] Acer tegmentosum is cold-hardy down to USDA hardiness zone 5a ...