Types of maple trees by leaf
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Prefers well drained moist soil, as most maples do. Range: Grows mostly on the west side of the Cascades and Sierras from British Columbia through most of California. The leaf shape is simple, opposite, and palmately lobed (5 lobes) with the central lobe having a distinct “waist.” Bigleaf maple produces the largest leaves of any maple species.īark: Interlacing ridges and furrows, the color is reddish brown to grey.įruit: This maple will produce samaras joined in right angles and double clustered, with fine hairs growing on the seeds. Leaves: As its name would suggest this maple species has the largest leaves of any maple growing up to 5.9″–11.8″ in. Size: This species is one of the tallest maples in the world it can easily be identified because it can grow over 100’ tall and 4’ wide. To begin this report, we will start with how to identify the three native maple species endemics to Oregon bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), vine maple (Acer circinatum), and rocky mountain maple (Acer glabrum).
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I didn’t realize that there were so few of the endemic maples growing around my area until I started looking, but there are certainly a lot of imported non-native maples around. Originally, I was only going to cover the three maple species endemic to Oregon, but by the request of Jeff I am going to include maple species that are common growing in suburban areas as non-native decorative plants. In my first report I discovered that there are roughly 125 species of maples identified in the world, 13 of which are found in North America, and only three are endemic to Oregon. Report #2 Individual Maple Identification