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AMERICAN FOREST TREES 



are not sufficient to set it apart, in the eyes of most people, for it generally passes 

 without question as sugar maple, even when it stands side by side with that tree. It 

 yields sugar abundantly. The wood is a little heavier than that of sugar maple, but 

 the difference cannot be noticed except when the two woods are weighed. Their uses 

 are the same. No maker of furniture, flooring, or finish ever protests against black 

 maple. The tree generally prefers lower and damper ground than sugar maple, ami 

 is often found along streams. 



