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  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

Striped Maple
(Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement)
Usually from 10'-25' high; common in the mountainous parts of the state on moist, cool, shaded slopes and in deep ravines. Its distinctive white stripes make it an attractive ornamental species.

Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum L.
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Leaves
Opposite, simple, 3-lobed, rounded at the base, with finely toothed margins and rusty pubescence on the lower surface.
Twigs
Smooth stout at first greenish, later red; pith brown; each seasons growth marked by 2 or 3 dark lines encircling the twig.
Fruit
Wings very divergent, about ¾" long, maturing in September in drooping clusters. Marked on one side of the seed with a depression.
Bark
Smooth greenish or reddish brown, conspicuously marked with longitudinal white streaks; older trunks rougher, darker and less streaked.

Select a Tree from a menu below, or download the Visual Guide

Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

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PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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