1. By: Josh Carlson

2.  2-4 genera  120 species  Is found from Canada to the Gulf coast  Prefers Temperate climate  Can grow in low moist conditions or higher dry conditions  Is a flowering plant so it produces seeds

3.  Trees or shrubs  Leaves are opposite, estipulate, simple,  Can be unlobed, palmately lobed, or pinnately lobed  Winged seeds  Most common form of pollination is done through wind

4.  Common Uses: Lumber, dance floors, bowling alleys, piano frames, cutting blocks, paper pulp  Interesting Fact: Soft maples have taken the place of hard maples because it is lighter while it still retains durability

5.  Pinnately Lobed- lobes along the side with a single midvein http://www.savorlife.com/images /PoisonIvy/BoxElderWith.JPG

6.  Palmately lobed- lobes radiating from petiole http://www.waterfordva-wca.org/graphics/nature/red-maple-leaf.jpg

7.  Palmately lobed  Winged seed is about 1.25- 2 inches long http://www.troop17.com/Tree_Ident ification/maple_silver_72dpi.jpg http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/t hemes/Sciences/BotanicalScien ces/TreesFamiliesNames/WhatT reeIsIt/IdentifybyName/Commo nName/MapleSilver/fruit.jpg

8.  Palmately lobed  Each winged seed is about 1 inch long http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl =http://bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Acerac eae/Sugar_Maple_03a_Leaf.jpg&imgrefurl =http://bio.bd.psu.edu/plant_web/Acerac eae/Sugar_Maple_03a_Leaf.html&usg=__v ES6liJ04JrluCwZasildB915jU=&h=960&w=1 280&sz=152&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid =vsXz1RzPk9bDCM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150 &prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsugar%2Bmapl e%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1 http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pa ges/maple_sugar/fruit.jpg

9. The Sugar Maple is mostly found in the eastern half of the United States

10.  USDA Forest Service, Madison Wisconsin, http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/HardwoodNA/pdf_files/acerspeng. pdf  Aceraceae Maple Family, Leslie Landrum, Journal of Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1995