mountain maple
a shrub, Acer spicatum, of eastern North America, having small, greenish-yellow flowers and winged fruit, the foliage turning to orange and scarlet in autumn.
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On the broader shelves the mountain maple, the silver birch, and the hobble-bush secure a precarious foothold.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora ParsonsClose by, from the forked branches of a crimson-fruited mountain maple, hung the dainty, deserted nest of a vireo.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora ParsonsThe underbrush is scanty; mountain maple is rather common, and there are a few young black ashes.
A scanty undergrowth of mountain maple and numerous sugar maple seedlings is present.
The mountain maple—the nurserymen call it Acer spicatum—is another native of rather dwarf growth.
Getting Acquainted with the Trees | J. Horace McFarland
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