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Aceracae





Aceraceae

Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)

  • Height 50′ – 70′, can be 100′
  • Leaves largest undivided leaf of Canadian trees, deeply 5-lobed, 6″ – 12″
  • Fruit winged, 1.25′ – 2.5″
  • Region West Coast

Black Maple (Acer nigrum)

  • Height 50′
  • Leaves 3-5 shallow lobes, wide shallow notches, 3″ – 5″ across
  • Fruit winged with plump seed, 1.25″
  • Region Deciduous, St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario

Douglas Maple (Acer glabrum)

  • Height can be 35′, usually tall shrub
  • Leaves 3 lobes plus 2 indistinct lobes, dull red in autumn, 3″ – 4″long and wide
  • Fruit winged, seed portion wrinkled, 1″
  • Region central and southern British Columbia

Manitoba Maple (Acer negunda)

  • Height 40′ – 50′, can be 70′
  • Leaves 3-7 leaflets, shallowly lobed, 6″ – 15″
  • Fruit winged, seed portion elongated, 1.5″
  • Region southern Ontario to Saskatchewan

Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum)

  • Height can be 25′, usually a shrub
  • Leaves 3-5 lobes, wide notches, single-toothed, 2.75″ – 3.5″ across brilliant red, turning to yellow or brown
  • Fruit winged, .75″
  • Region Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal eastward from Saskatchewan

Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

  • Height can be 90′, usually smaller
  • Leaves 3-5 lobes, sharp teeth, brilliant scarlet in autumn, 3″ – 5″ across
  • Fruit winged with swollen seed, .75″
  • Region Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)

  • Height 80′ – 90′, can be 125′
  • Leaves 5 lobes with deep notches, 3″ – 5″
  • Fruit winged with thick seed, 1.25″ – 2.25″
  • Region Deciduous, southwestern Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian

Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

  • Height can be 40′, may be shrub
  • Leaves 3 lobes, lobes triangular, 4″ – 7″ across
  • Fruit winged, 1″
  • Region Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

  • Height 80′ – 90′, can be 130′
  • Leaves usually 5-lobed, wide notches, rounded at bottom, very colourful in autumn, 3″ – 5″
  • Fruit winged with plump seed, 1.25″
  • Region Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian

Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)

  • Height can be 30′
  • Leaves usually coarse shrub almost circular, 7-9 radiating lobes, lobes narrowly triangular, V-shaped notches, 2.5″- 4.5″
  • Fruit red, winged, seed portion swollen, 1″ – 1.5″
  • Region West Coast




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