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Posted by Kendrick Fowler,
North Country explorer from
North Country explorer from
April 20, 2015 —
Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) has shaggy, grey bark (smooth on young trees) and oval-shaped, brown-and-red buds. This tree is flowering; I will add a photo of the flowers when I get one.
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