Essay - Maple Tree the Term Maple is the Common Name for...

Maple Tree

The term maple is the common name for a family, Aceraceae, of trees and shrubs in the soapberry order, Sapindales. The Aceraceae has two genera. The first ***** the Acer, the maples proper and the box elder, and the second is Dipteronia. Most of the maple trees are deciduous, shedding their leaves every year at the end ***** ***** budding season; only a few have enduring ***** and are called as evergreen or semi-evergreen. ***** leaves of the maple tree grow opposite each other, ***** they grow in pairs. The ***** are *****ly long-stemmed and lobed and they also have toothed margins. ***** maple *****'s flowers ***** either unisexual (either male or female) ***** bisexual, and both sorts may take place within a species. These flowers are generally small ***** are not immediately obvious and are borne in clusters; ***** may become visible before or with the leaves. The fruit of the maple tree, samara, sometimes ***** key fruit or key, usually consists of paired, w*****ged nutlets, ***** the wings *****ten forming a U or V shape. In Dipteronia, each wing surrounds its seed. The *****s supply food for squirrels, birds, and mice. The fruits become fully grown in late spring or in the fall. (World Book Encyclopedia 1992)

***** genus Acer started off in China ***** then it expanded throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Now it is prevalent all the way through ***** northern temperate region and also grows on mountains in the tropics. The quantity of ***** is variously given as 115 to 200. Most of the maple species are found in ***** and Japan. Thirteen species are indigenous to ***** *****nited States, five of which are important for timber products. The use, growth, and sugar content ***** maple trees differ according to their species.

The attractive plants ***** striking autumn colors enable ***** ***** be well-known ***** ornamental purposes. There are a ***** famous maple *****. These are the read maple, black maple, silver maple, Japanese maple and sugar maple. The red *****, A. rubrum, is a native to North America. Its ***** ranges from 5 to 15 cm (2 to 5 inches) across ***** they comm***** have three lobes, occ*****ionally five; the ***** of these leaves ***** coarsely notched. These maple trees achieve 36 m (120 ft) in height and 1.5 ***** (5 *****) in diameter. ***** early spr*****g, vibrant red ***** could be seen. The lemon-colo***** leaves become deep purple in *****. (Lexicon Universal ***** 1994) The red maple develops finest on moderately well-drained to *****, mo*****t soils. The ***** maple trees normally grow in conditions ranging from dry ridges to swamps. It is found ********** naturally in pure stands and with a vast assortment of other tree species rang*****g ***** gray birch and paper birch, to yellow poplar and black cherry, and as well as sugar and black maple beca***** of the wide variety of sites on which red ***** will grow. It is also very much used in the sugar process.

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