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Native Trees of Canada 



The mountain maple is found in the shade of the other trees and rarely found 

 growing by itself in the open. It prefers moist, rich soils on rocky hillsides or 



MOUNTAIN MAPLE 



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along small streams, 

 west as Manitoba. 



It ranges throughout eastern Canada and extends as far 



ACER PENNSYLVANICUM, Linn. STRIPED MAPLE 



Common names: Striped maple, moosewood, moose maple. 

 French names: Bois barre, erable de Pennsylvanie, bois noir. 



The striped maple, like the mountain maple, is a small tree 15 to 30 ft. high 

 and 5 to 7 in. in diameter. It is more often found as a large shrub growing in the 

 shade of other hardwoods. Its wood is not used commercially. 



It gets its name from its smooth, green bark which is striped with vertical, 

 white cracks. Corky bark is not formed. 



The twigs are smooth, rose-coloured or green, and without bloom. They are 

 conspicuously ridged, with raised lines just above the leaf-scars. The leaf-scars 

 encircle the stem. The pith is brown. 



The winter buds are shiny, rose-coloured and not so sharp-pointed as those of 

 the mountain maple They are four-sided in cross-section and have a somewhat 

 stalked appearance. 



