1. Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum

2. Tree Shape Generally speaking... the tree grows
- No more then .3m in diameter
- with a dense canopy centred above (broad deep crown)
- no more then a tall shrub or small tree
- Straight upright limbs
Tree Shape

4. Leaf Leaf Identification - Symmetrical - 3 Lobed -Serrated edge
cm (full grown)
-Green above & pale below
-Simple
- “Goosefoot” leaf
**fun fact
the Striped Maples around the Wood Islands grown to be almost twice as large!
Leaf

5. Habitat
The Striped Maple, also known as a Moosewood or Moose Maple- native to forests in eastern North America.
-from southern Ontario to the east coast of Canada, to south eastern Illinois over to New Jersey
-Upland forests, cool, moist but not wet soils
- understory tree: never grows tall enough to reach forest canopy
- prefers to be protected from direct sunlight

6. Twigs are usually moderately stout, originally green changing to red-reddish brown
Younger bark: smooth, light grey green with notable white stripes running lengthwise
Older bark: becomes more reddish-brown with darker grey-green stripes in green bark
Bark

7. Seed / Fruit SAMARA Fruit
also known as: Whirlybird, Helicopter, Whirligig, Pollynose, or as in the north of England a odd term ‘ Spinning Jenny’
- the shape enables them to be carried further away then regular seeds
-2.5 cm, hang in clusters, and are ripe in late summer-early fall

8. Flower a Dioecious flower - yellow-green
-strand of bell-shaped flowers
-hanging from the leafs stem
-late spring
Flower