[at-l] Leaf ID

[janl2@mindspring.com (Jan Leitschuh)]

Yep. That's it! The striped maple. I didn't catch the vertically striped
bark, personally. But that's the leaf alright.
Where on the 'net did you find this tree key?
I couldn't backtrack to it's "home"
Jan, the tree curious

> To: AT-List <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> From: Jim Bullard <bullard@northnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Leaf ID
>
> At 08:54 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, Jan Leitschuh wrote:
> >Thanks to all you tree folk out there.
> >I thought it might be a sycamore or a tulip poplar, but no.
> >
> >It turned out to be a striped maple, keyed by a botanist friend.
>
> In these parts it's also known as "Moosewood" because moose like to munch
> it. http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/p_erpen.htm
> The picture of the leaf is good but the larger picture does not show the
> bark well which is very distinctive (vertically striped green) and makes it
> easy to identify even when the leaves are gone.
>
> sAunTerer
>

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