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- Tree form
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- Leaf front
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- Leaf back
Identifying characteristics:
1. Opposite leaves
2. deeply palmately lobed, cut to the point of attachment
3. mature plant < 20′ tall
Acer palmatum ‘dissectum’, Japanese maple
July 10, 2009 at 7:14 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: 2-winged samara, deciduous, Invasives, juglone (walnut) tolerant, Opposite, palmate lobed, simple leaf, tree
Acer palmatum, Japanese maple
July 10, 2009 at 7:12 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: 2-winged samara, deciduous, Invasives, juglone (walnut) tolerant, Opposite, palmate lobed, simple leaf, tree
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- Tree form with fall color
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- Branch
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- Leaf placement
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- Leaf front
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- Samara cluster
Identifying characteristics:
1. Opposite leaves
2. Deeply palmately lobed
3. Multi-stemmed trunk, wider than tall
Acer platanoides, Norway maple
July 8, 2009 at 11:00 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish), Invasives)
Tags: 2-winged samara, deciduous, Invasives, Opposite, palmate lobed, tree
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- Branching
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- Leaf
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- Sap
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- Samara
Identifying characteristics:
1. Opposite branching
2. Palmate leaf
3. White sap at base of petiole when remove leaf from branch
