Fig. 25.—Leaf of Sugar Maple.

Leaf: Deeply cleft and silvery under side. [Fig. 29].

Form and size: A large tree with the main branches separating from the trunk a few feet from the ground. The terminal twigs are long, slender, and drooping.

Range: Eastern United States.

Soil and location: Moist places.

Enemies: The leopard moth, a wood-boring insect, and the cottony-maple scale, a sucking insect.