. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. OF Ohio 93. NORWAY MAPLE Acer platanoides, Linnaeus THE Norway Maple is one of the most popular street trees in the United States. There are very few towns and cities in which this tree is not found. It comes to us from Europe where it is found from Norway to Switzer- land. The leaves resem- ble those of the Sugar Maple but are deeper green in color and firmer in texture. One characte ristic by which it can always be distinguished is the presence of milky sap in the leaf-stalks. If pressed
. Common trees of Ohio : a handy pocket manual of the common and introduced trees of Ohio. Trees -- Ohio. OF Ohio 93. NORWAY MAPLE Acer platanoides, Linnaeus THE Norway Maple is one of the most popular street trees in the United States. There are very few towns and cities in which this tree is not found. It comes to us from Europe where it is found from Norway to Switzer- land. The leaves resem- ble those of the Sugar Maple but are deeper green in color and firmer in texture. One characte ristic by which it can always be distinguished is the presence of milky sap in the leaf-stalks. If pressed or twist- e d the leaf-stalks always yield a few drops of milky sap. In early spring the yellowish-green flow- ers arranged in clus- ters along the twigs are distinctive. In winter the large, red, blunt-pointed glossy buds are a sure means of identification. In late summer the large fruit keys with wide- spreading wings ripen and may hang on the tree for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illick, Joseph S. (Joseph Simon), 1884-1967; Secrest, Edmund, b. 1882. Washington, D. C. : The American Tree Association
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