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I WERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



FIG. 75. LEAF BUDS OF RED 

 MAPLE 



Tw iy> of latest a;ii>\\ ill 

 arc red; older t\\i<>> are 

 brown 



FIG. 7G. FLOWER BUDS OF RED MAPLE 



Branches, buds, and leaf scars arc opposite 



older ones, brown. The twigs arc often curved like the pendulous twigs of 

 the Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum L.). The old hark is smooth and gray, 

 sometimes cracked lengthwise. 



3. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) has sharp-pointed and scaly 

 brown buds. The old hark is broken into long fissures, having a "ploughed" 



appearance. 



VI. White Ash, Elderberry, etc.: Trees or shrubs having light-colored 

 twigs and opposite buds. 



1. Whits Ash (Fraxinus americana L.). Twigs with light-colored 

 smooth hark; branches, leaf-scars and buds opposite (Fig. 77). The ter- 



