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Aceraceae | |
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Uncommon in NC and found at high elevations, Mountain Maple has erect spikes of flower. | |
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Leaves are coarsely toothed and shallowly lobed. | |
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Distinguishing them from Striped Maple, Mountain Maple leaves are rougher with the secondary and tertiary veins strongly protruding from the under leaf surface. Mountain Maples have a whitish pubescence below. | |
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 | |
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 Common and found in rich woods in the mountains in NC, the flower clusters are found in the spring and are normally pendant but are often seen wind-blown to the tops of the leaves. | |
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Buncombe Co., NC 29 Apr 2006 | |
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Buncombe Co., NC 29 Apr 2006 | |
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Buncombe Co., NC 29 Apr 2006 Striped Maple is named for the vertical stripes on its bark. | |
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum) Buncombe Co., NC 29 Apr 2006 This maple hosted what appeared to be some very ornate-looking scale insects being tended by ants! |
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Scotland Co., NC 10 Apr 2004 Common across NC, Red Maple is found in a many different habitats and is one of the first trees to flower, starting in late winter. Shown here are the fruits, which are the familiar "helicopter" seeds known to most schoolkids! | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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