Acer saccharum

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 long pointed lobes. The leaf can be easily distinguished from other maple species by identifying two “u shaped” notches that seperate the sides lobes.in shape. Margins with a few irregular undulations (wavy) teeth to serrated. Bark: Smooth when young,…

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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…

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…

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very useful in my field ecology class, for example, where we employ the process of binary dichotomy to identify plant species; starting with the obligatory category of the specimen- in fact- being a plant, which, in the case of trees and shrubs, can be broken down further into deciduous or coniferous, then the leaf appearance and arrangements, all singled out until all that is left is the single species in question, perhaps a Ginkgo biloba, or a Cornus alternifolia. And, though I take some…

plants because if the seeds are not evenly dispersed over a proper amount of terrain, germinating seeds will grow too close to the parent plants. This can result in competition for light, space, water and nutrients between the seeds and the parent plants. With wind dispersal, seeds are simply blown about and land in varying places. To better the chances that at least some of the seeds will land in a place suitable for growth, these plants produce a myriad of seeds (The University of Waikato,…