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able wood and have a dense-foliaged crown, making most 

 of them valuable for decorative planting. The maples 

 may be recognized by their opposite, broad, coarsely lobed 



FIG. 7. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum). 



leaves, their winged seed growing in pairs, and their 

 opposite buds usually rounded and dark red in color. The 

 red and silver maples produce their red blossoms before 



