Photo: Matthew Richardson
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Photo: Matthew Richardson |
Photo: Matthew Richardson |
| A large tree, 80-100' high, 4-6' diameter, with a straight trunk. Leaves are simple, alternate, 4-6"long, 4 lobed resembling a tulip in outline, lobes entire, dark green above, paler below. Fruit is a lage erect, conelike aggregate of spiral samaras. Bark is smooth and dark green on younger stems, thick and ash-gray, furrowed with rough, rounded ridges when older. Typical of most forest sites. |