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Aceraceae - Maple Family

Family: Aceraceae - Maple Family
Genus: Acer
Most maple trees have simple leaves with palmate venation and 3 - 5 main lobes. A few have compound leaves and others are simple without lobes. A common feature is that the leaves are opposite and the fruit is a schizocarp, often called a samaras or simply helicopters.


Acer cissifolium - Ivy leaved maple
Acer cissifolium - Ivy-leaved Maple photograph of fall colors of yellow and red
Acer forrestii - Forrest maple
Acer forrestii trunk and yellow bark sometimes called snake bark.
Acer griseum - Paperbark maple
Sample of exfoliating bark on Paper-barked maple
Acer japonicum - Fullmoon maple
Acer japonicum flowers
Acer negundo - Boxelder
Acer negundo - Boxelder winter identification buds appear to be somwhat hairy. New twigs often have a whitish "bloom"
Acer rubrum - Red maple
photo of winter floral buds on male red maple tree, Acer rubrum, photo taken on 2005-02-05
Acer saccharinum - Silver maple
Photo of bark of Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Acer saccharum - Sugar maple
Photo of  fruit and leaves of Sugar Maple
Acer tegmentosum - Manchurian striped maple
Manchurian striped maple striped bark provides an easy means for identifying this tree
Acer triflorum - Threeflower maple
Acer triflorum - Threeflower maple fruit in winter.
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