Handbook of Trees of the IS'oktjiern States and Canada 



The Striped Maple, although a larger tree 

 tlian tlie Mountain Maple, with which it is 

 ^'enerally associated, only occasionally attains 

 the height of 30 or 40 ft. with a trunk 8 or 10 

 in. in thickness, and i- ( ftcii a lar^ic shiul). 

 Tliis also is a shade-loving tree. l)cing found 

 scattered through forests of the Sugar Maple, 

 Yellow Birch, Beech, Hemlock, Red Spruce, 

 Butternut, etc., hut is occasionally found iso 

 lated. liaving then a ratlier wide or rounded 

 top of upright and spreading branches. Its 

 handsome large leaves and gracefully drooping 

 stems of yellow tlowers. borne on smootli 

 striped branches of rare coloration, overhang 

 the waters of nearly every forest-covered 

 nio)intain stieam witliin il'^ range, and in 

 northern regions are eageijy devoured by 

 moosf and deer, for which rca-'on it is some 

 times called the Moosr-inxxL 



Itp wood is of a ricli i)iid<isli brown color 

 with al.undant lighter sap-wood usiuilly dotted 

 and streaked witli |)itli-llecks. A cubic foot 

 wlien dry weiglis ,32.02 Ibs.i 



lAorcN palmately o-lohed at apex with short 

 acuminatp lobes. shar|)l.v doubly serrate, cordate 

 or rounded at base, pubescent at first but finally 

 jrlabrous. yellowish jjreen above, paler i)enpafli. 

 tiiin, prominently veined turnins pale yellow in 

 autumn ; petioles stout. Flaircrs. in late spring 

 wlien tlie leaves are nearly full grown, bright 

 yellow, about % in. across in slender droopiu'j; 

 racemes 4-6 in. long ; sepals shorter and narrower 

 than the obovate petals : stamens 7-8, shorter 

 than the petals ; ovary glabrous ; st.vles columnar 

 and sfi.gmas recurved. Fruit drooping, glabrous, 

 widely divergent, wings about % in. long, the 

 seed bearing portion pitted one side ; seed about 

 14 in. long. 



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