THE RED MAPLE'S PISTILLATE (left) AND STAMINATE (right) FLOWERS
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SEED KEYS AND NEW FOLIAGE OF THE SOFT OR SILVER MAPLE
The Dwarf Maple
A. glabrum, Torr.
The dwarf maple ranges plentifully from Canada to Arizona and New Mexico. Its leaves, typically three-lobed and cut-toothed, vary to a compound form of three coarse-toothed leaflets. The winged keys are ruddy in midsummer, lending an attractive dash of color to the woods that border high mountain streams.
Very common in cultivation are the Japanese maples—miniature trees, bred and cultivated for centuries, wonderful in the variations in form and coloring of their leaves. Tiny maple trees in pots are often very old. Some leaves are mere skeletons.