I can see maple branches, with lateral buds protected by three or more scales …

with …
buds=white-woolly, twigs=green with whitish bloom, leaf scars[?] meet around stem, 🚁︎ samara helicopter fruit stays over entire dormant season
boxelder maple  Acer negundo

OR they are NOT, but with …

terminal buds that are …
usually > 6 mm (¼ in) long;  sap=milky
🇳🇴 🍁︎ Norway maple  Acer platanoides

OR they are NOT, but with …

buds=brown, new growth on twigs=brown or gray, and …
twigs=dull,   straw-colored, usually hairy;  buds=​hairy
◼︎ black maple  Acer nigrum

twigs=glossy, buff or red-brown, hairless;  buds=​hairless (or only at apex)
sugar maple  Acer saccharum

-or-

buds=red or green, new growth on twigs=red, and …
twigs=bright chestnut-brown;  branch tips curve upward
◼︎ silver maple  Acer saccharinum

twigs=red;         branch tips do not curve upward
◼︎ red maple  Acer rubrum

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🏠︎ maple branches  genus Acer

sugar maple  Acer saccharum

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