142 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



symmetrical outline and uniform habit are required. It is 

 transplanted readily, but recovers its vigor more slowly than 

 does the sugar or silver maple and is usually of slower growth. 

 Its variable habit makes it an exceedingly interesting tree in 

 the landscape. 



PLATE LXXL ACER RUBRUM. 



1. Leaf-buds. 



2. Flower-buds. 



3. Branch with sterile flowers. 



4. Sterile flower. 



5. Branch with sterile and fertile flowers. 



6. Fertile flower. 



7. Fruiting branch. 



8. Variant leaves. 



Acer saccharinum, L. 



Acer dasycarpum, Ehrh. 



SILVER MAPLE. SOFT MAPLE. WHITE MAPLE. 

 RIVER MAPLE. 



Habitat and Range. Along streams, in rich intervale lands, 

 and in moist, deep-soiled forests, but not in swamps. 



Infrequent from New Brunswick to Ottawa, abundant from 

 Ottawa throughout Ontario. 



Occasional throughout the New England states ; most 

 common and best developed upon the banks of rivers and 

 lakes at low altitudes. 



South to the Gulf states ; west to Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 and Indian territory ; attaining its maximum size in the basins of 

 the Ohio and its tributaries ; rare towards the seacoast throughout 

 the whole range. 



Habit. A handsome tree, 50-60 feet in height ; trunk 2-5 

 feet in diameter, separating a few feet from the ground into 

 several large, slightly diverging branches. These, naked for 

 some distance, repeatedly subdivide at wider angles, forming a 

 very wide head, much broader near the top. The ultimate 

 branches are long and slender, often forming on the lower 



