My driveway maples

[Jstpssng]

If you own timberland, you have soft maple- er, red maple- er, pi$$ maple-

All right, you have acer rubrum. It's probably the most common maple in the state, and grows well on the finest sites as well as poor quality cedar ground.


There is also striped maple, aka moose maple with the big leaves; and mountain maple which isn't limited to mountains. Both of these are early successional and don't get very big.

Norway maple is an immigrant; a lot of these have been planted since post WW II because they grow fast and are great shade trees. The leaves are similar to a sugar maple except they're bigger; the twigs are clublike, similar to a red maple.

I call them an invasive species because their offspring is everywhere. They really aren't though.

 

[dave1949]

I haven't seen any Norway maple here, I'll whack if I do though.

I have striped maple, it's common along my trails.

 

[DieselnHooters]

If you own timberland, you have soft maple- er, red maple- er, pi$$ maple-

All right, you have acer rubrum. It's probably the most common maple in the state, and grows well on the finest sites as well as poor quality cedar ground.

I will add those finest sites are likely where red maples need to be whacked/harvested 1st to make room for more valuable, apex species trees and here in lower Québec and I suspect in much of lower elev. NE and NY , 1st and foremost of those is sugar maple.

 

[NS Gearhead]

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That's just what I needed! I'll have a look and report back.

 

[tcreeley]

Red maple is one of the few hardwoods in among our trees. We have gray birch and poplar (quaking aspen variety, sawtooth poplar, and balsam poplar). The aspen variety is the common one with its connecting roots in groves (all one tree). Once in a while you'll find an oak.

 

[Jstpssng]

Red maple is one of the few hardwoods in among our trees. We have gray birch and poplar (quaking aspen variety, sawtooth poplar, and balsam poplar). The aspen variety is the common one with its connecting roots in groves (all one tree). Once in a while you'll find an oak.

Old fields perhaps? All of the above (except oak) are typical of the first trees to reclaim an opening.

 

[tcreeley]

Old fields perhaps? All of the above (except oak) are typical of the first trees to reclaim an opening.

You are right about old fields, but along with that, the area has been harvested for pulpwood and firewood for ages. 8-12" is a big tree - cut long before it gets there- just leaves the softwoods.