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  2. Maple - Wikipedia

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    The maple is a common symbol of strength and endurance and has been chosen as the national tree of Canada. Maple leaves are traditionally an important part of Canadian Forces military regalia, for example, the military rank insignia for generals use maple leaf symbols. There are 10 species naturally growing in the country, with at least one in ...

  3. Acer saccharum - Wikipedia

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    The sugar maple is most easily identified by clear sap in the leaf petiole (the Norway maple has white sap), brown, sharp-tipped buds (the Norway maple has blunt, green or reddish-purple buds), and shaggy bark on older trees (the Norway maple bark has small grooves). Also, the leaf lobes of the sugar maple have a more triangular shape, in ...

  4. Acer saccharinum - Wikipedia

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    Acer saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, [3] creek maple, silverleaf maple, [3] soft maple, large maple, [3] water maple, [3] swamp maple, [3] or white maple, [3] is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada. [3] [4] It is one of the most common trees in the United States.

  5. How to Plant a Japanese Maple Tree That Will Thrive for ... - AOL

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    Smaller cultivars that mature at 6 to 8 feet can be used as foundation plants, in effect serving as large shrubs. Larger cultivars work as specimen plants. ... How fast do Japanese maple trees grow?

  6. Acer platanoides - Wikipedia

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    Acer platanoides is a deciduous tree, growing to 20–30 m (65–100 ft) tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, and a broad, rounded crown. The bark is grey-brown and shallowly grooved. Unlike many other maples, mature trees do not tend to develop a shaggy bark. The shoots are green at first, soon becoming pale brown.

  7. Acer rubrum - Wikipedia

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    It is also the state tree of Rhode Island. The red maple can be considered weedy or even invasive in young, highly disturbed forests, especially frequently logged forests. In a mature or old-growth northern hardwood forest, red maple only has a sparse presence, while shade-tolerant trees such as sugar maples, beeches, and hemlocks thrive. By ...

  8. Acer floridanum - Wikipedia

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    Acer floridanum (syn. Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Desmarais, Acer barbatum auct. non Michx.), commonly known as the Florida maple and occasionally as the southern sugar maple or hammock maple, is a tree that occurs in mesic and usually calcareous woodlands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in the United States, from southeastern Virginia in the north, south to central ...

  9. Tribal students in Franklin learn how to tap maple trees like ...

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    In Wisconsin, there are more than 2.2 billion maple trees that are at least 4½ feet tall, according to the Department of Natural Resources, with more than 863 million sugar maples.