Clipart images of several species of maples. Also known as acers, maples are large trees, growing from 10-45 meters (30-145 feet) and upwards, and are seen throughout all continents contained in the northern hemisphere.
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Acer
"A maple-tree, prob. so called from its pointed leaves. ex. Sugar maple"-Whitney, 1902... |
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Acer
"A maple-tree, prob. so called from its pointed leaves. ex. Sugar maple"-Whitney, 1902... |
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Buds
This shows the axillary buds on a twig of Red Maple, they are opposite like the leaves.... |
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Embryo
Embryo of Sugar Maple,(Gray, 1858).... |
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Embryo of Sugar Maple
Whole embryo of Sugar Maple just beginning to grow.... |
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Embryo, Silver Maple
A Silver Maple embryo, taken out of the husk; upper part of growing stem cut off.... |
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End of Maple Root
Lower end of Maple root magnified, the root seen just as root-hairs are beginning to for a little behind the tip.... |
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Flower, Silver Maple
The staminate flowers of the Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum, (Keeler, 1915).... |
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Flower, Silver Maple
The pistillate flowers of the Silver Maple, Acer saccharinum, (Keeler, 1915).... |
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Germination of Silver Maple
Germination of Silver Maple, natural size; merely the base of the fruit, containing the seed, is shown.... |
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Maple
A class of trees belonging to the genus acer, containing about eighty species, all of which are confined to the north temperate zone.... |
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Maple
Much magnified small portion of young root of a seedling Maple.... |
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Maple
Cells of young root of a seedling Maple.... |
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Maple
Surface of a young Maple wood from which the bark has been torn away, showing the bark (on the left) to beginning of pith (on the right), and a medullary ray extending from one to the other.... |
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Maple Buds
"Accessory buds of box-elder (Negundo). A, front view of group; B, two groups seen in profile." -Bergen, 1896... |
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Maple Seedling
A Red Maple seedling with next joint of stem and leaves apparent.... |
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Maple Seedling
A Red Maple seedling with parts full-grown and bud at apex for further growth.... |
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Maple Wood, Bit of Young
Magnified view of surface of a bit of young Maple wood from which the bark has been torn away, showing the wood-cells and the bark-ends of medullary rays.... |
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Maple, Cotyledon of a
An illustration of the cotyledon of a maple. A cotyledon is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Upon germination, the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a seed... |
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Maple, Japanese
The leaf of a Japanese Maple tree.... |
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Maple, Norway
The leaf of a Norway Maple tree.... |
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Maple, Red or Swamp
The leaf of a Red or Swamp Maple tree.... |
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Maple, Silver
The leaf of a Silver Maple tree.... |
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Maple, Sugar
They are among the most prized of trees for park and street planting, and nearly all of them become finely colored in autumn.... |
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Maple, Sugar
The leaf of a Sugar Maple tree.... |