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Sap-Tapped Maples

Posted by Lane Heed,
North Country explorer from
March 11, 2015 —

Type: Landscape/Misc
Habitat Description: Snowy Woodland

Natural History Info: These tapped maples are draining sap into a collecting mechanism for the processing of maple syrup. If the trees were to be tapped in too many places, the trees might die from lack of nutrients.

What drew my attention: The complex network of tethers and tubes to transport the sap was very intriguing.