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WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Habitat. 



SOFT MAPLE. WHITE MAPLE. SILVER MAPLE. 



Silver, refers to white color of underside of leaf. 



Acer saccharinum Linnaeus. Acer dasycarpum Ehrhart. 



Acer, the classical Latin name; saccharinum, refers to sweetish juice; 

 dasycarpum, refers to the wooliness of the fruit when young. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in lower Ohio valley. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree : Height, 50'-90', 

 even 120'; diameter, 3'-5'; 

 form suggests elm; bark, 

 reddish brown, furrowed, 

 surface separating into 

 large, loose scales; leaves, 

 palmately 5 lobed, with 

 narrow, acute sinuses, sil- 

 very white beneath, turn 

 only yellow in autumn; 

 fruit, divergent, winged 

 samaras. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, brown and reddish, 

 sap-wood, cream; diffuse- 

 porous ; rings, obscure ; 

 grain, twisted, wavy, fine, 

 polishes well; rays, thin, 

 numerous. 



Physical Qualities : 



Weight, medium (40th in 

 this list), 32 Ibs. per cu. 



Leaf. 



