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I can see a terrestrial woody plant with 🍁︎ leaves, arranged ╫ opposite, blade division=🍁︎ simple, margin (edge)=♧ lobed, 3–7 main leaf veins radiating from 🍁︎ one point (🖐 palmate), with …
leaf ♧ sinuses that are:
∪ rounded(U-shaped) not sure(intermediate) ∨ angular(V-shaped) :
with leaf ♧ lobes that number: 3 (4+5 very small) 5 5 (6+7 very small) :
leaf base=∪ rounded, width = length, undersurface=hairy, sides droop◼︎ 🍁︎ black maple Acer nigrum ▲▲ teeth very coarse; bark=many colors, each in own asymmetric[?] patches; ╟ alternate[?]American sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Pacific Coast of USA or Canada, leaves=very large, leaf tips=∩ roundedbigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum central/eastern USA/Canada, leaf base=∪ rounded, width = length🍭︎🍁︎ sugar maple Acer saccharum
leaf base=___ straight, width > length, leaf stem injury exudes white milky juice🇳🇴 🍁︎ Norway maple Acer platanoides leaf base=___ straight, width < length, end lobe narrows toward base🇨🇦 Canadian flag Vexillum canadensis
with leaf ♧ lobes that number: 3 3 (4+5 very small) 5 5–7–9 :
▲ ▲ coarse-toothed, white hairs under leaves and on twigs🗻︎🍁︎ mountain maple Acer spicatum ▴▴▴▴ fine-toothed, hairless, bark=striped ⫼ vertically white and green⫼ 🍁︎ striped maple Acer pensylvanicum
leaf surface=smooth, teeth irregular size, not a shrub◼︎ 🍁︎ red maple Acer rubrum
undersurface=downy-white, ♧ sinuses=very sharp, end lobe narrows toward base◼︎ 🍁︎ silver maple Acer saccharinum undersurface=not downy-white, rough-textured, vein network intricatesycamore maple Acer pseudoplatanus
5–7-lobed; several trunks (very flexible) come from same base; wet area☙ 🍁︎ vine maple Acer circinatum 5–7–9-lobed, color=◼︎ copper, lobe tips very-pointed (form narrow acute angle)Japanese maple Acer palmatum
A group of about 128 related plants in soapberry family Sapindaceae in cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to North America, Europe, northern Africa, and Asia. Only one species extends into the 🌐︎ Southern Hemisphere. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Acer hosts caterpillars of 285 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas. This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
Maple diseases (archived).
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╫ opposite, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple plant terminology
☙ 🍁︎ vine maple Acer circinatum bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum boxelder maple Acer negundo ◼︎ 🍁︎ black maple Acer nigrum Japanese maple Acer palmatum ⫼ 🍁︎ striped maple Acer pensylvanicum 🇳🇴 🍁︎ Norway maple Acer platanoides sycamore maple Acer pseudoplatanus ◼︎ 🍁︎ red maple Acer rubrum ◼︎ 🍁︎ silver maple Acer saccharinum 🍭︎🍁︎ sugar maple Acer saccharum 🗻︎🍁︎ mountain maple Acer spicatum
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula