MOUNTAIN MAPLE (Acer spicatum, Lam.). Shrub to 30 

 feet. Shrubby tree, with several small upright limbs, and 

 pale, at first pubescent twigs, and thin, reddish, smooth bark. 

 Leaves 4 to 5 inches broad and long, with three shallow broad 

 lobes at apex, and sometimes a faint pair at base; margin 

 coarsely saw-toothed. Thin, strongly 3-veined, pale and 

 pubescent beneath, scarlet and orange in autumn; petioles 

 long, red. Flowers in terminal spike, minute, greenish, with 

 long, narrow petals. Fruit divergent, winged keys, \ inch 

 long, red until ripe, clustered. Dist.: Shady forest slopes, 

 Canada and the northern tier of states; south along the Ap- 

 palachian Mountains to Georgia. Reaches largest size in 

 mountainous Tennessee and North Carolina. 



Color illustration of Red Maple. 



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