Black Maple
Scientific Name:Acer nigrum
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NOTES: Very similar to Sugar Maple, but leaves droop and typically have three tapering lobes rather than five pointed lobes. Winged, paired seeds, called samaras, spin to the ground like tiny helicopters. MADBUCK   
MADBUCK: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeye) acronym for Ohio's four native trees with opposite leaves/branching.

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Black Maple
Genus species: Acer nigrum
Common Name: Black Maple
Family Name: Aceraceae  
Small to large deciduous trees; leaves opposite; flowers mostly unisexual, regular; fruit a samara.
    Alternate Family Name (Synonym): Sapindaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:W. Bryant
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