Also called dwarf maple, moose maple, and white maple. A tree with 🌳︎ broadleaves arranged ╫ opposite, blade division=🍁︎ simple, ♧ 3-lobed, coarse-toothed, white ⫴ hairs under leaves and on twigs, with buds protected by ◭ two scales that touch without overlapping, bark not white-striped, buds slender and 3–5 mm (⅛–⅕ in) long, short-stalked.
Part of
🍁︎ maple genus Acer
in
soapberry family Sapindaceae
in
cashew / 🌰︎ chestnut / 🍊︎ citrus / 🍁︎ maple order Sapindales.
Native to 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, east of the 🗻︎ Rocky Mountains, vaguely around the Great Lakes and Maritimes.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48),
🗺 map (North America, Central America), 
🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Acer hosts caterpillars of 285 species
of 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.