This picture was also taken near Higley Flow state park around Stone Valley. The striped maple sometimes referred to as moose maple or moosewood is a member of the maple family and is found mostly from eastern North America and southern Ontario all the way to Nova Scotia in the east and Wisconsin in the west. The striped maple is even found on high elevations of the Appalachian Trail. Striped maple being shade tolerant thrives mostly below the tree line in the under story along sloped areas. The striped maple is grown as an ornamental tree most of the time however in some circles of foresters it is considered unwanted and almost pest like. This fact is due to its difficulty to control its population from its shade tolerance. Foresters have gone as far as cutting or using herbicides to curb the population. Descending down the deep snowy hills in snowshoes I came across this striped maple. The trunk of the tree captured my attention and I could not stop looking at it. The bark of the tree flows up and down the tree like a river intersecting each silvery line over and over randomly being interrupted by small reddish gouges in the tree.