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Acer saccharum



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Acer saccharum
Sugar maple

The small, 1 to 1 3/4" samaras are green turning brown, somewhat horseshoe shaped, and not of any ornamental consequence. Sugar maples can produce heavy crops resulting in numerous volunteer seedlings in planting beds.

 
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