Family Aceraceae - Maples
Maples are some of our most familiar and beloved trees. The sugar maple has perhaps the most
spectacular display of autumn colors of any tree species in North America.
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Mature Sugar Maples
A lovely stand of sugar and black maples at the Morton Arboretum
Maples grow to 45 meters (145 ft), or occur as shrubs less than 10 meters tall. Most are deciduous, but a few in southern Asia and the Mediterranean region are evergreen. Most are shade-tolerant when young, and are often late-successional in ecology; many of the root systems are typically dense and fibrous. A few species produce root sprouts which can develop into clone colonies.

Maples are distinguished by opposite leaf arrangement. The leaves in most species are palmate veined and lobed, with 3 to 9 (rarely to 13) veins each leading to a lobe, one of which is central or apical. A small number of species differ in having palmate compound, pinnate compound, pinnate veined or unlobed leaves. [1]

Maples are important ornamentals for lawns, along streets, and in parks. They offer a great variety of form, size, and foliage; many display striking autumn color. The red maple (A. rubrum) is one of the most common trees in its native eastern North America, where it tolerates compacted wet soils and city pollution.

Box elder (A. negundo) grows quickly to 30–50 ft (9–15 m) and resists drought, so early prairie settlers planted many for shade and for wood to make crates, furniture, paper pulp, and charcoal. The watery, sweet sap of the sugar maple (A. saccharum) is boiled down for maple syrup and sugar; the wood of certain maples is used for furniture.

Snakeskin Maple - Acer grosseri
Snakeskin Maple
State Street® Miyabe Maple - Acer miyabei 'Morton'
State Street Miyabe Maple
 Acer miyabei 'Morton'
Striped Maple - Acer pensylvanicum
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Autumn Blaze Maple
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Sugar Maple
Sugar Maple
Norway Maple  "Crimson King"
 "Crimson King"

Coleman Sugar
White Tigress Maple
White Tigress Maple
Red Maple
Red Maple
Hornbeam Maple
Hornbeam Maple
Miyabe Maple - Acer miyabei
Miyabe Maple
Paperbark Maple
Paperbark Maple
Ivy-leaved Maple
Ivy-leaved Maple
Snakeskin Maple - Acer grosseri
Snakeskin Maple - Acer grosseri
Schlesinger Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Schlesinger'
Schlesinger Red Maple
Autumn Flame Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Autumn Flame'
Autumn Flame Red Maple
Bowhall Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Bowhall'
Bowhall Red Maple

Temple's Upright Sugar
Tilford Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Tilford'
Tilford Red Maple
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Painted Maple - Acer mono
Painted Maple
Durand Dwarf Amur Maple
Durand Dwarf Maple
Freeman's Maple
Freeman's Maple
Hedge Maple - Acer campestre
Hedge Maple
Hairy-veined Maple - Acer barbinerve
Bearded Maple
Tschonoski Maple - Acer tschonoskii
Tschonoski Maple

Deep-Veined Maple
Trident Maple - Acer buergerianum
Trident Maple
Armstrong Freeman's Maple
Armstrong Freeman's Maple

Japanese Maple
 
Amur Maple - Acer ginnala02/28/2013
Armstrong Freeman's Maple - Acer x freemanii 'Armstrong'02/28/2013
Autumn Blaze Maple - Acer x freemanii 'Autumn Blaze'02/28/2013
Autumn Flame Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Autumn Flame'02/28/2013
Bearded Maple - Acer barbinerve02/28/2013
Bowhall Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Bowhall'02/28/2013
Coleman Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum 'Coleman'03/21/2013
Deep-Veined Maple - Acer argutum05/17/2013
Durand Dwarf Amur Maple - Acer ginnala02/28/2013
Family Aceraceae - Maples05/17/2013
Flowering Plants Index05/16/2013
Globe Norway Maple - Acer platanoides 'Globosum'05/18/2013
Green Mountain Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum02/28/2013
Hedge Maple - Acer campestre02/28/2013
Hornbeam Maple - Acer carpinifolium02/28/2013
Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum02/28/2013
Marmo Freeman's Maple - Acer x freemanii 'Marmo'02/28/2013
Norway Maple Tree - Acer platanoides "Crimson King"05/18/2013
Red Sunset Maple - Acer rubrum 'Franksred'05/17/2013
Schlesinger Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Schlesingeri'02/28/2013
Shantung Maple - Acer truncatum05/17/2013
Snakeskin Maple - Acer grosseri02/28/2013
State Street Miyabe Maple02/28/2013
Striped Maple - Acer pensylvanicum02/28/2013
Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum03/21/2013
Temple's Upright Sugar Maple03/21/2013
Tilford Red Maple - Acer rubrum 'Tilford'02/28/2013
Tree Encyclopedia03/11/2013
Tree Encyclopedia Index05/18/2013
Trident Maple - Acer buergerianum02/28/2013
Tschonoski Maple - Acer tschonoskii02/28/2013
White Tigress Maple - Acer tegmentosum02/28/2013
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