By: Josh Carlson
 2-4
genera
 120 species
 Is found from Canada to the Gulf coast
 Prefers Temperate climate
 Can grow in low moist conditions or
higher dry conditions
 Is a flowering plant so it produces seeds
 Trees
or shrubs
 Leaves are opposite, estipulate, simple,
 Can be unlobed, palmately lobed, or
pinnately lobed
 Winged seeds
 Most common form of pollination is done
through wind
 Common
Uses: Lumber, dance floors,
bowling alleys, piano frames, cutting
blocks, paper pulp
 Interesting Fact: Soft maples have taken
the place of hard maples because it is
lighter while it still retains durability
 Pinnately
Lobed- lobes
along the side with a
single midvein
http://www.savorlife.com/images
/PoisonIvy/BoxElderWith.JPG
 Palmately
lobedlobes radiating
from petiole
http://www.waterfordva-wca.org/graphics/nature/red-maple-leaf.jpg
 Palmately
lobed
 Winged seed is about
1.25- 2 inches long
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/t
hemes/Sciences/BotanicalScien
ces/TreesFamiliesNames/WhatT
reeIsIt/IdentifybyName/Commo
nName/MapleSilver/fruit.jpg
http://www.troop17.com/Tree_Ident
ification/maple_silver_72dpi.jpg
 Palmately
lobed
 Each winged seed is about
1 inch long
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl
=http://bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Acerac
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=http://bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Acerac
eae/Sugar_Maple_03a_Leaf.html&usg=__v
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280&sz=152&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid
=vsXz1RzPk9bDCM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150
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http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pa
ges/maple_sugar/fruit.jpg
The Sugar Maple is mostly found in the eastern half of the United
States
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USDA Forest Service, Madison Wisconsin,
http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/HardwoodNA/pdf_files/acerspeng.
pdf
Aceraceae Maple Family, Leslie Landrum, Journal of Arizona-Nevada
Academy of Science, 1995