maple: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Acer

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White-barked paper birch trees stand among colorful autumn foliage of sugar maples in a forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Dispersal of several types of seeds.

The differences between monocots and eudicots explained

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Miyabe maple sycamore maple vine maple black maple striped maple Norway maple Siebold maple red snake-bark maple paperbark maple Oregon maple pine poplar birch fir teak coconut palm oak chestnut Cherry ash

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Pierre Dansereau

Canadian plant ecologist

Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)

Trees of the World

Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)

Trees: Giants Holding the Sky

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous