Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

DISTRIBUTION.—Found throughout the entire state.

HABITAT.—Prefers moist, rich soil in valleys and uplands and moist, rocky slopes.

NOTES.—The most important hardwood in Michigan. The tree which produces the bulk of the maple sugar of the market.

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Black Maple. Black Sugar Maple

1. Winter twig, × 2.

2. Leaf, × 1/2.