Acer saccharinum L.

Acer rubrum L.	annotation by
A. sac char inunn	L. d.'U. MHf
1* x freemalTTT E, Murray 04/1994
Yyft f	h- S. Forest 07/
The New York Botanical Garden
CULTIVATED PLANTS of U.S.A.
Acer saccharinum L.
Small, young street tree, 5 m. tall, 25 cm. in diameter;
bark light gray and smooth until ca. 20 cm. in diameter;
year-ol'd twigs red-brown, the older ones gray, with only
a faint odor when scraped. Bracts around flowers reddish
brown; filaments light yellow; anthers red before opening,
black after releasing pollen. Growing much faster and
more healthy than the A^_ rubrum planted here at the same
time.
ILLINOIS: Cook Co., 4100 block N. Clarendon St.
1 in
Coll.s M. Nee 20319	March 18, 1981
02488680