Different type of maple trees2/8/2024 ![]() ![]() This family includes Globe Norway/Rocky Mountain Maples (Acer globosum). Incredibly cold-hardy selections, Norways were introduced from Europe and Asia in the mid-1700s and was a popular street tree in the 1960s. Native to Switzerland, Norway Maples have big broad leaves and dramatic color. Great windbreaks and shade trees, but not strong wooded.Bright yellow, orange, and red colors in the fall.September samaras are almost parallel and green that drop in late spring.February/April flowers appear yellowish-green, monoecious, on long stalks.Bright to light green 3-5 lobed 4-inch leaves with a lighter underside and double toothed.Symmetrical open crown - growing over 100 feet.Reddish-brown/light brown twigs are smooth.Gray smooth bark on young trees that becomes irregular, fissured and flakey with age. ![]() With slender stalks, the leaves wave and flutter in the slightest breeze! Silver Maple ID Also known as Silverleaf, Creek, Water, Swamp or White Maples (among many others!), these trees have an open, rounded crown. Including the gorgeous and sweet-sapped Sugar Maple, these trees are named for their silvery undersides and lighter bark that is sometimes shaggy. Brightly colored flowers, seeds, fall color.Bitter sap (sets it apart from the Sugar Maple). ![]()
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