Photo: Matthew Richardson
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Photo: Matthew Richardson |
Photo: Matthew Richardson |
| Opposite, simple, petioles make a V-shape, palmately 3 lobed (sometimes 5). Margins of terminal lobe curve toward point (parallel in Sugar). Bark breaks into narrow ridges and fissures, sometimes twists around trunk a small amount. Key has slightly divergent wings. Aceraceae. The leaves in the above picture show various stages of fall coloring. The upper-right leaf makes the origin of the tree's name clear. |