Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: Green/yellow rounded cluster
• Leaves: palmately lobed, 3 large lobes plus 2 small lobes, up to 6 inches long and 7 inches wide,
• Bark: grey/brown, ridged
• Fruit/Seed: pair of winged seeds, 1 inch long, wings at a 60-90 degree angle
• Height: 60-100 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: woods
• Other: Most common tree to make maple syrup from due to high sugar content in its sap.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Erin Faulkner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erin Faulkner
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
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• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Ontario Trees
• Plants of the World Online
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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