### substance | wood | maple:

Hard maple
* are very tolerant, slow growing, long lived with a wide-spreading lateral root system.
* close-grained wood that is predominantly white in color.
* is more stable and durable than softwoods
  - used as a fuel, veneer, railroad ties and pulpwood

Japanese maple
* Some japanese maples grow in zones.
* are famous for their diversity
  - grafted for leaf shape or color
  - great four season trees, particularly the weeping varieties
  - ideal small ornamental trees and come in a variety of colors and forms
  - well known for their oriental appearance and striking beauty
* perform best in a slightly shady location.

### substance | wood | maple:

Red maple
* are actually red
  - good shade trees for moist soils
  - relatively fast growing, tolerant of many conditions, and adaptable
  - ubiquitous in New England
* grow from eastern Newfoundland to very near the southern tip of Florida.
* grows on diverse sites, from dry ridges and southwest slopes to peat bogs and swamps
  - rapidly
* has red twigs and reddish rounded buds and is better deer food.
* help add diversity to wetlands and our landscape.
* highly desirable wildlife browse food.
* is also a major component of most of the oak-pine stands in moister areas
  - among the first trees to flower in the spring
  - difficult to propagate from cuttings and success varies considerably
  - in the genus Acer
  - known in the lumber industry as soft maple
  - quick growing and makes a fair shade tree for light soils
  - susceptible to many leaf diseases, generally of minor importance
* large native tree found in moist woodlands and swamps throughout Ohio.
* prefer acidic soils.
* produce thousands of tiny flowers that add a red flush to the forest.
* show evidence.

Silver maple
* are maples
  - soft wooded and break easily in storms
  - sunny-yellow
  - very fast growing trees, which indicates they tend to be short-lived
* can be a prolific seed producer giving rise to many volunteer trees.
* fast growing, weak wooded tree.
* have the largest fruits of all native maples.
* is considered the primary food plant and alder the secondary or alternate food plant.
* show the lining of their leaves before a storm.

Striped maple
* becomes almost colorless.
* native, deciduous, tall shrub or small tree.

### substance | wood | maple:

Sugar maple
* Some sugar maples grow in zones.
* Sugar Maple stand in northwestern Connecticut.
* are a preferred host for the beetles
  - common in eastern deciduous forests especially at lower elevations
  - extremely susceptible to mid-winter thaws and summer droughts
  - in the understory and regenerating
  - maple trees
* genetically variable tree.
* grows in most regions of Minnesota except in the extreme western counties.
* has many types of leaf disease
  - the longest period of sap flow before buds develop
* have rather short trunks but large, dense crowns.
* is an excellent ornamental tree for large open areas
  - shade and lawn tree
  - displaced by chestnut oak and sweet birch, dominant flora of Highland ridges
  - hard, close grained and strong
  - restricted to regions with cool, moist climates
* is the only native maple to seed in late summer and fall
  - preferred host for the maple leaf cutter
  - present preferred host in Vermont
  - source for maple syrup
* occurs throughout the crest and slope.
* popular shade and ornamental tree.
* thrive in areas of moisture and shade.
* turn a brilliant orange red
  - various vibrant shades of orange and red
* very prolific seed producer, and most stands regenerate naturally.