. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. 110 Common Trees ASH-LEAVED MAPLE Acer Negundo, Linnaeus THE ASH-LEAVED MAPLE, also called Box Elder and Water Ash, is the only New York maple with compound leaves. All other maples have simple leaves. The leaves are opposite, compound, with 3 to 5 leaflets. Leaflets are 2 to 4 inches long, coarsely-toothed. The leaf- scars completely encircle the twigs. The flowers are yellowish-g r e e n suspended on slen- der stalks in small open clusters. The pollen-bearing and seed-producing oc- cu r on different trees. The fruit is a typical two- winged maple key
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. 110 Common Trees ASH-LEAVED MAPLE Acer Negundo, Linnaeus THE ASH-LEAVED MAPLE, also called Box Elder and Water Ash, is the only New York maple with compound leaves. All other maples have simple leaves. The leaves are opposite, compound, with 3 to 5 leaflets. Leaflets are 2 to 4 inches long, coarsely-toothed. The leaf- scars completely encircle the twigs. The flowers are yellowish-g r e e n suspended on slen- der stalks in small open clusters. The pollen-bearing and seed-producing oc- cu r on different trees. The fruit is a typical two- winged maple key, which matures about September, occurs in drooping clusters, often per- sists far into win- ter. The wings are incurved. The bark on branches and young trunks is smooth and grayish-brown; on older trunks becomes dark and breaks up into shallow furrows. The twigs are stout, greenish to pur- plish-green, smooth, often covered with a whitish crusty coating. The buds are rather large, egg-shaped, short- stalked, white-wooly, grouped at nodes in clusters of 2 to 3. The outer pair of bud-scales completely covers the inner pair. The wood is light, soft, close-grained, creamy white, not durable. It is used in the manufacture of pulp, wooden-ware, barrels and cheap furniture. The natural range of Ash-leaved Maple is equalled by few American trees. It covers almost three million square miles from New England to Alberta, south to Florida, Texas and Mexico. In New York it is common in the eastern, central, western, and southern sections of the State, except at higher elevations. Locally it has escaped cultivation. Wet to moist sites along streams and borders of lakes and ponds are its favorite ASH-LEAVED MAPLE Leaf, one-third natural size. Twig and fruit, two-thirds natural size. V/i to 2 inches long, and usually. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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