Acer negundo

The Allegory of the Maple Syrup April 12, 2010 at 6:53am Throughout His ministry, Christ used stories and metaphor to teach the people the gospel. On the surface, the stories are just that-- stories. Some were allegories. An allegory is a Greek word. It means a figurative story full of meaning and metaphor, where each thing in the story represents something else. If you look deeper into the meanings and symbols, bright truths can be learned. No matter what level a person is on, we can all gain light from the Savior's teachings. In 1 Nephi 19:23 Nephi tells us: "And I did read many things unto them which were written in the abooks of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet bIsaiah; for I did cliken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our dprofit and learning. " The thing is, you have to actually READ the scriptures to gain anything out of them. We can't just carry them around hoping that poof, we'll have a testimony. With the gospel, we can't at the last minute cram for the final exam... Like some of my seminary students are trying to do. In Isaiah 28: 9-10 we read: Whom shall he teach aknowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are bweaned from the cmilk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, aprecept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: In Acts 17, Paul expounds…

Acer saccharum (Marsh.) is a member of the Aceraceae family and is commonly known as the sugar maple. The sugar maple leaf is the main symbol depicted on the Canadian flag which further emphasizes its importance to Canadian culture and history. Along with it’s cultural significance, it is also extremely important economically in Canada due to the various products that are produced from it’s sap and wood. Due to it’s widespread canopy capable of blocking large amount of sunlight and its gorgeous…

Suger maple(Acer saccharum) Aceraceae/ Maple family sometimes called rock maple or hard maple, it is one of the largest hardwoods that is wide spreaded in western Canada. Sugar maple is common associtated with those common types: Acer negundo,manitoba maple Acer ginnala,amur maple Acer sacharrinum,silver maple Tree with overall up to 35 m tall, long straight trunk, usually branch-free for 2/3rds of its height. Leaves: Simple leaves, oppositely arranged and they’re flat, with three or five…

Cayuta, N.Y. (WENY) -- This winter's unseasonably warm weather is creating a change for maple syrup producers. The shift in temperatures has many farmers unsure of when or how long their tapping season will last. Even though many syrup producers begin to tap their trees in mid-February to mid-March, this season's unpredictable weather have put maple producers in a sticky situation. "The weather this year has us kind of scrambling. With some of the recent storms, and a lot of wind, we've…

Tree of Heaven is a sumac plant that is native to China, but it moved into Indiana and is now an invasive species. It’s scientific name is Ailanthus altissima. The tree of heaven came to the United States in the late 1700’s. The reason that it’s an invasive species is because it crowds out native species and damages pavement and building foundations. Tree of heaven is a native of China and in 1751 was mistakenly introduced into France and England by a missionary who though it was a Japanese…

flooding (Batema and Frederickson 1993). These forests are classified into 5 distinct zones based on the frequency and duration of flood events (Baldassarre and Bolen 2006). Zone I is the river itself. Zone II is the area adjacent to the river that receives the most frequent and longest flood events of all the terrestrial zones. It is typically comprised of only those species that have high tolerance to flooding, such as the bald cypress (Taxodium dystichum). Zone III receives less water…

overtopped, under the right circumstances black cherry is a very successful grower. Competition from neighboring trees has been shown to be a directly related to a decrease in diameter size of black cherry. (European Journal of Forest Research 129 p. 367-375) Seed dispersal relies primarily on the seeds that fall from the trees already present. Animals also distribute seed and under certain circumstances these seeds can result in successful black cherry stands. This means of distribution can be…