Maple - Wikipedia
WEBAcer ( / ˈeɪsər / AY-sər) is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, along with lychee and horse chestnut. [1] . There are approximately 132 species, most of which are native to Asia, [2] with a number also appearing in Europe, northern Africa, and North America.
Maple (software) - Wikipedia
WEBMaple is a symbolic and numeric computing environment as well as a multi-paradigm programming language. It covers several areas of technical computing, such as symbolic mathematics, numerical analysis, data processing, visualization, and others.
Acer saccharinum - Wikipedia
WEBAcer saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada. It is one of the most common trees in the United States.
Maple - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBMaple ( Latin name Acer / ˈeɪsər /) is a genus of trees or shrubs. Sometimes they are put into a family of their own, the Aceraceae. At other times they are included in the Sapindaceae. To include them in the Sapindaceae is the more modern classification. There are between 100 and 200 species of maples.
Flame maple - Wikipedia
WEBFlame maple. Flame maple ( tiger maple ), also known as flamed maple, curly maple, ripple maple, fiddleback or tiger stripe, is a feature of maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern, producing wavy lines known as "flames". This effect is often mistakenly said to be part of the grain of the ...
Acer macrophyllum - Wikipedia
WEBAcer macrophyllum, the bigleaf maple [2] or Oregon maple, [3] is a large deciduous tree in the genus Acer. It is native to western North America. In addition to uses by animals, it is of some culinary and woodworking interest. Large Acer macrophyllum leaf in …
Acer spicatum - Wikipedia
WEBAcer spicatum, the mountain maple, dwarf maple, moose maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland, and south to Pennsylvania. It also grows at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia .
Maple | Definition, Species, Height, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 12, 2024 · maple, ( Acer ), any of a large genus (about 200 species) of shrubs or trees in the family Sapindaceae, widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone but concentrated in China. Maples constitute one of the most important groups of ornamentals for planting in lawns, along streets, and in parks.
maple - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
WEBIts thick, shading foliage in summer and its brilliant coloring in autumn make the maple one of the most popular trees for parks and streets. It is also valued as the source of maple sugar and the maple wood used for furniture and building. Most maples are symmetrical, wide-spreading trees with massive, domelike crowns of extremely thick foliage.
Maple Trees in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBApr 7, 2009 · Description. Maples found in Canada range from trees 40 metres or more tall (e.g., bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum) to shrubs less than 10 metres high (e.g. vine maple, Acer circinatum, and mountain maple, A. spicatum ). Maples are generally deciduous, with light-coloured, straight-grained wood.
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