Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
Description
It is a small deciduous tree growing to 5-10 meters (16-33 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter. The young bark is striped with green and white, and when a little older, brown. The leaves are broad and soft, 8-15 cm (3-6 in) long and 6-12 cm (2.5-4.5 in) broad, with three shallow forward-pointing lobes. The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about 27 mm (1.1 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in) broad, with a wing angle of 145- and a conspicuously veined pedicel.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Sapindaceae
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Genus: Acer
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