IMPORTANT WESTERN BROWSE PLANTS 101 
“a 4 A. grandidentatum 
A. macrophy ler ¢ 1) ; 
FIGURE 27.—Three other common western maples: Bigtooth maple (Acer gran- 
pee inland boxelder (A. interius), and bigleaf maple (A. macro- 
phylum 
coast to California. This most valuable Pacific coast hardwood is 
the largest of the Pacific maples and one of the largest maples 
in the world, and reaches its maximum size in the rich bottom 
lands of humid southwestern Oregon. The species occurs along or 
near streams or about springs in foothills and lower mountain 
