38 

 Table 22 Concluded. 



Red and Silver Maple. 



Red and silver maple both go in commerce under the name of soft maple. 

 The former is cut from the hills and mountains of the State, where it 

 grows abundantly and is associated with beech, birch, and hemlock, while 

 the latter thrives best in bottomlands and along streams, in company with 

 the willows, black ash, and river birch. The wood of these soft maples is 

 similar to that of sugar maple except that it is lighter, softer, and slightly 

 tougher. Relatively, they meet only a few uses and are distributed among 

 only nineteen industries. Maple lumber, including all species, ranks next 

 to oak in the hardwood cut of Pennsylvania. 



Table 23. Consumption of Red and Silver Maple, year ending June, 1912. 



