Acer striatum, 

 THE STRIPED-BARKED MAPLE. 



S^nonymcs, 



Acer striatum, 



Acer pentisylvanicum, 



Erable jaspe, 



Gestreifter Ahorn, 



Acero screziato, 



Striped Maple, 



Dogwood, False Dogwood, 



Moose-wood, Snake-barked Maple, 



' MiciiArrx, North American Sylva 

 ' De Candolle, Prodromus. 



Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 



LiNNJECs, Species Phinturuni. 



Du Hamel, Traite des Arbres ct Arbustes. 



Torre Y and Gray, Flora of North America. 



France. 



Germany. 



Italy. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 



New York. 



New England and British Amkiucan Provinces. 



Derivation. The specific name striatum, is derived from the Latin strio, striped, in allusion to the colour of the bark. 



Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 45; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, i., figure 116 ; pp. 33C, 337, et 

 r. pL 27; and the figures below. 



Specific Characters. Leaves cordate, 3-lobed, acuminated, finely and acutely serrated. Racemes pendu- 

 lous, simple. Petals oval. Fruit smooth, with the wings rather diverging. Don, Milkr^s Diet. 



Description. 



!HE Acer striatum is 



a beautiful, deciduous 



tree, or shrub, grow- 

 ^^^H ing, in its natural hab- 

 itat, to a height of ten or twenty feet, and 

 to nearly thirty feet in height, in a state of 

 cultivation. The trunk and branches are 

 covered with a smooth, green bark, longitudi- 

 nally marked with light and dark stripes, by 

 which the tree is readily distinguished at all 

 seasons of the year. In the regions where it 

 naturally grows, it is one of the first produc- 

 tions that announces the approach of spring. 

 Its buds and leaves, when beginning to un- 

 fold, are of a roseate hue, and soon change to 

 a yellowish-green. The leaves are of a thick 

 texture, four or five inches wide, rounded at 

 the base, and finely serrated. The flowers, 

 which appear in May or June, are of a yel- 

 lowish-green, and are grouped on long peduncles. The fruit, which, like that 

 of all its congeners, consists of samarae or keys, is remarkable for a cavity on 

 one side of the capsules. It is produced in great abundance, and ripens in Sep- 

 tember or October. 



Geography and History. The Acer striatum is a native of North America, and 

 makes its first appearance in about fifty-one degrees of latitude. It is particularly 

 abundant in Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. In 

 approaching the river Hudson, it becomes more rare ; and beyond this boun- 

 dary, it is confined to the mountainous tracts of the Alleghanies, in which it is 



