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Acer grandidentatum, commonly called bigtooth maple or western sugar maple, [2] [3] is a species of maple native to interior western North America. It occurs in scattered populations from western Montana to central Texas in the United States and south to Coahuila in northern Mexico .
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. [1] [2] There are approximately 132 species, most of which are native to Asia, [3] with a number also appearing in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. Only one species, Acer laurinum, extends to the Southern Hemisphere. [4]
A map of Earth's plate tectonics. This episode explores the palaeogeography of Earth over millions of years, and its impact on the development of life on the planet. Tyson starts by explaining that the lignin-rich trees evolved in the Carboniferous period about 300 million years ago, were not edible by species at the time and would instead fall over and become carbon-rich coal.
Acer saccharum is among the most shade tolerant of large deciduous trees. Its shade tolerance is exceeded only by the striped maple , a smaller tree. Like other maples, its shade tolerance is manifested in its ability to germinate and persist under a closed canopy as an understory plant, and respond with rapid growth to the increased light ...
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Mary Paik Lee (August 17, 1900 [2] – February 14, 1995 [3]) was a Korean American writer most known for her autobiography, Quiet Odyssey: A Pioneer Korean Woman in America. She was born in the Korean Empire and moved to the United States in 1905, eventually settling in Riverside, California in 1906.
†Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora) [2] Acer caudatifolium Hayata; Acer chienii Hu & Cheng †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation) [2] Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. Acer davidii Franch. †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics) [2] Acer ...
It is usually called sycamore in North America, a name which can refer to other types of trees in other parts of the world; in the United Kingdom, for example, the name syacamore typically refers to Acer pseudoplatanus. The American sycamore is a long-lived species, typically surviving at least 200 years and likely as long as 500–600 years. [7]