Trees and How to Know Them 



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THE VERSATILE SUGAR MAPLE 



In early spring this maple yields delicious sweet sap. During the summer its leaves 

 provide glorious shady shelter. With the coming of autumn the crimson, orange, 

 and yellow coloring of the leaves makes the tree a work of art. In winter, with 

 the leaves gone, we can appreciate the fine tracery of the sugar maple's branches 

 and twigs. This hardy tree may live as long as three hundred years. 



red (though sometimes yellow) ; the leaf stalks in summer are 

 noticeably red; and in fall the leaves are a lovely crimson or 

 wine-red. 



Silver Maples: These maples turn a pale yellow in the fall. In 

 summer you can appreciate their interestingly two- toned leaves: 

 bright pale green above and silvery white below. Whenever the 



