106 Native Trees of Kentucky 



e. Mountain Maple Acer spicatum. 



The Mountain Maple is found under the shade of taller trees 

 in mountain regions. The tree is too small to be of commercial 

 value, but its beauty in autumn justifies its place in parks and 

 lawns. 



Flowers on upright racemes ; staminate at tip, pistillate at 

 base of raceme; flower stalk hairy. 



Tree small, bushy. 



Bark brown, branches reddish gray. 



Leaves lobes taper-pointed and toothed, lined with down, 

 drooping. 



Fruit small keys borne in a pendulous cluster. 



f. Striped Maple Acer pennsylvanicum. 



The Striped Maple, sometimes called Moosewood, makes its 

 best growth under the shade of taller trees along mountain 

 sides of Kentucky. Its leaves are large, three-lobed, finely 

 toothed, drooping quickly when picked. 



The fruit hangs in loose, pendulous clusters ; the wings of the 

 samaras are widely divergent. 



The thin, green bark, splitting longitudinally as the trunk in- 

 creases in diameter, displays a light lining, which gives the tree a 

 characteristic striped effect. 



This Maple, if planted in shaded situations, grows well in 

 cultivation, and adds great beauty to the scenery, especially in 

 early spring. 



