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Maple branches are 🌳︎🌲︎🌵︎ ☙ terrestrial woody plants that had 🍁︎ broadleaves 🍃︎ now gone (deciduous, dormant season), with ⬮ leaf scars and lateral buds usually numbering=2-at-a-node, arranged ╫ opposite, with …
each bud protected by ⨇ scales numbering: 2 that ◭ touch without overlapping 3+
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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🏠︎ branches ╫ opposite
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula