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It is found on the rich moist soil along streams on Vancouver island and for a 

 short distance northward up the coast of British Columbia. 



The bark is thin, smooth, marked by shallow fissures, and a dull greyish- 

 brown in coloiu:. 



The twigs are a pale green or reddish-brown, sometimes covered with a whitish 

 bloom in winter. 



The winter buds are ^ in. long, bright red in colour, and blunt. Those of 

 the dwarf maple are sharp. 



The leaves in general outline are circular, having from seven to nine sharp- 

 pointed, sharp-toothed lobes 



The wings of the fruit are red and wide-spreading and about V/2 in. long. 

 They are wider spread and usually longer than those of the dwarf maple 



ACER DOUGLASII, Hook. DWARF MAPLE 



Common names: Dwarf maple, red maple*. 

 French name: Erable nain. 



The dwarf maple is sometimes a tree 20 to 25 ft. high and 6 to 8 in. in diameter, 

 but more often it is a shrub 6 to 10 ft. high. 



It grows singly and in small clumps on thin, gravelly soil, and along the gulches 

 and borders of mountain streams. It is found from Alaska southward along the 

 Pacific coast and throughout the southern part of British Columbia. 



The bark is smooth and reddish-brown. 



The twigs are a brighter red than the bark of the limbs and often slightly 

 angled in cross-section. 



The buds are bright red, sharp-pointed, and about }i in. long. 



The leaves are from 1 to 5 in. long and three- to five-lobed. The lower two 

 lobes (the pair nearest the stem) are sometimes separated from the others as in a 

 compound leaf. They are dark green in colour and smooth and shiny on top. 

 The veins are yellowish and the stems red. 



The wings of the keys are very broad and slightly spreading. They are rose- 

 red to light brown in colour. 



ACER SACCHARUM, Marsh. SUGAR MAPLE 



Common names: Sugar maple, hard maple, rock maple. 

 French names: Erable dur, erable a sucre, erable pique, erable 

 moire, erable onde. 



The sugar maple in the forest averages 80 to 90 ft. in height and 2 to 3 ft. in 

 diameter. It is one of our tallest hardwoods, sometimes reaching the height of 130 

 ft. and 5 ft. in diameter. 



The crown is spreading and dense unless crowded in a close stand. The root- 

 system is shallow. 



