. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. M4 XaTIUAI. HiSTOltY SlRVKY BlLLKTIN Distribution: A tree of streams, swamps, and forests, the Red Maple ranges from Newfoundland to Florida and westward to Iowa and Texas. It is generally considered the commonest and most widely distributed tree in eastern North America, but in Illinois it is the least abundant of our maples. Though its range includes the entire State, it is not common in the north and is hardly more abundant, though more often collected, in the south. On mixed loam soil at Allendale, W'a- bash County, one of the finest
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. M4 XaTIUAI. HiSTOltY SlRVKY BlLLKTIN Distribution: A tree of streams, swamps, and forests, the Red Maple ranges from Newfoundland to Florida and westward to Iowa and Texas. It is generally considered the commonest and most widely distributed tree in eastern North America, but in Illinois it is the least abundant of our maples. Though its range includes the entire State, it is not common in the north and is hardly more abundant, though more often collected, in the south. On mixed loam soil at Allendale, W'a- bash County, one of the finest trees had. at 90 years of age. attained a height of 101 feet and a diameter of 24 inches inside the bark. In the northern part of the State, the Red Maple occasionally occurs in pure stands on the borders of streams and lakes, and Pepoon' re- marks that it is abundant in the wet woods at Edgebrook. In northern situations its chief associate is the Black Ash. In Cumberland County it forms an understory on the Pin Oak flats and is associated also with the Shingle and Swamp White oaks, the Green Ash, and the Honey Locust. In \\illiamson County it grows with Elm and Hackberry, and still farther south its associates are Red Gum, Cypress, Cottonwoods, and the bottomland oaks. Two varieties of Red Maple occur in Illinois. Through the southern third of the State, Acer nibnim Druunnoudii Sargent is fairly frequent. It differs from the species in several respects, chiefly in having hairy twigs, leaves with woolly under-sides. and very large keys, which may reach a length of -ll^ inches. This is preeminently a swamp-inhabiting tree and has been collected in Richland County by Robert Ridgway. in Richland, Jackson, and Wabash counties by H. Teuscher. and in Pulaski County by C. J. Telford. The variety tvidcns W'ocjd has been found in Richland County by Robert Ridgway and E. W. :\Iattoon. and in Pulaski County, near Karnak, by C. J. Telford. It differs from the species particularly with rega
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