The maple trees of New England and the entire northeast are famous for their fluorescent autumn colors. Can you identify each of these species? Would you recognize them in their old-growth forms? Join us for a look at these magic maples. Old-growth forest expert Bob Leverett and Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist Neil Pederson are featured.
These maple species are included:
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Boxelder or Ash-leaved maple (Acer negundo)
- Sugar maple or Rock maple (Acer saccharum)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
- Mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
- Black maple (Acer nigrum)
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