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STUDIES OF TREES 



Other common names: The sugar maple is some- 

 times called rock maple or hard maple. 



SILVER MAPLE (Acer saccharinum) 

 Distinguishing characters: The terminal twigs curve 

 ipwards (Fig. 28\ the bark is scaly, and the leaves are 

 very deeply cleft and are silvery on the under side. 



FIG. 25. Leaf of Sugar Maple. 



Leaf: Deeply cleft and silvery under side. Fig. 29. 



Form and size: A large tree with the main branches 

 separating from the trunk a few feet from the ground. 

 The terminal twigs are long, slender, and drooping. 



