534 XE"U' EXGI^^XD TREES IX "WIXTER. 



MOUNTAIN MAPLE 



Acer spicatum Lam. 



H.VBTT — Shrnb or small bushy tree up to 2 5 ft. in heig'ht vrilh a 

 trunk diameter of 6-S inches; trunk short, straig-ht, with slender uprig^ht 

 branches. 



BARK — Very thin, reddish -brown to dingy- gray, smooth or slightly 

 furrowed. 



TAVIGS — Slender, brig-ht red to purple on upper side where exposed 

 to the lig"ht, yellowish to g-reenish on shaded under side, color per- 

 sisting for several years; covered especially toward tip with short 

 appressed gra>"ish hairs, wliich ma>' persist in suant amount fur several 

 years iLiward ui'per part of each year's growtli. Year's g"ri iwt li marked 

 by 'J.-Z circles formed by scars of bud-scales. LEXTICELS — few, 

 i nc V n s p i c ui_i us. PIT H — b ru w n. 



LEAF-SCARS — Opposite, narrow, V-shaped, margined by a lighter 

 colored and more or less raised rim, nearly meeting. BUXDLE-SCARS — 

 3, undi\'ided. 



BUDS — Stalked, small, slender, pointed: generally under 6 mm. in 

 length including stalk. re:l or greenish, covered, especially the terminal 

 buds, ^vitli short appressed gra>'ish hairs ; terminal bud larger than 

 appressed lateral buds. BL'r>- SCALES — thitk, 2-3 pairs, one or at most 

 2 pairs visible, the second pair hairy. 



FRUIT — In drooping racemes with wide more or less spreading wings 

 about 2 cm. or less lung, seed-like portion shurt, with pit-like depres- 

 sion on one side. 



CO:*IPARISO\S — Resembles the Striped Maple (which see) in habit. 

 distribution, color of twigs and few scales to the stalked buds. It 

 differs from the Striped ilaple in absence of wliite streaks on young- 

 bark and b >' pale d «.> w n on t w i g- s and especially on the smaller buds. 



DISTRIBITIOX — Moist rock>- hill.'^ides usually in the shade of other 

 trees. From Xova Scotia and Xewfoundland to Saskatchewan, along- 

 mountain ranges to Georgia. 



IX XEW EXi'3LAXr> — Mai n e — common, especially north ^vard in the 

 forests : Xew Hampshire- and A"rrmi nn — comniLin ; ^Nlassach usett s — rather 

 common in western and central sectiuns, occasional eastward; lihode 

 Island — occasiunal northward. 



IX COXXECTICET — Occasional in the northern part of the state, 

 becoming rare suuihward, reaching East Haddam. Guilford at Bluff 

 Head, Meriden and liedding. 



AVOOO — Light, soft, close-grained, light brown tinged with red, with 

 thick lighter colored snpwiM.^d. 



