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Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
46.8858, -95.6791
Field Notes
Description:
Leaves mostly five-lobed, with moderately deep U-shaped notches between lobes. Leaves are pale green below with edges firm, not drooping. In autumn the leaves turn reddish-orange with some yellow. Sugar maple are one of our most valuable hardwood trees.
Habitat:
Maples trees are scattered along the deciduous woods at Tamarac, especially along the roadsides.
Notes:
Maples are valued for shade, ornament, and lumber. Porcupines sometimes eat the inner bark of maples, and the twigs are a staple food of the cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare, whitetail deer, and moose.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2013
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