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Acer spicatum |
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Mountain Maple |
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2 to 7 |
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Labrador to Saskatchewan,
Canada south to Northern Georgia and
Iowa -
United States |
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Shrub or small tree. |
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10 to 30 feet - Slow to medium growth rate. |
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Greenish yellow on
erect, 3 to 6 inch racemes in June. |
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Opposite, simple, 3-lobed or sometimes slightly 5-lobed,
2 to 5” long, cordate, lobes ovate, acuminate, coarsely
and irregularly serrate, dark yellowish green and smooth
above, paler beneath and covered with a short grayish
down. |
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Thin, brown to gray
eventually developing furrows. |
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