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An individual instance of Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/8-70
Notes:
This tree is on the east side of 24th Ave. S. in front of the Kappa Alpha Theta house.
The lobes of sugar maple leaves have smooth margins, in contrast to the toothed leaf margins of silver maple. The winged fruits of sugar maple are of equal size, in contrast to the fruits of silver maple. The bark of large sugar maple trees is very distinctive. It is gray, with vertical plates that are raised at the edge.
Sugar maples are a common tree in forests of this area and are found in a wide variety of habitats. They are one of the most common trees in the Vanderbilt arboretum.
The lobes of sugar maple leaves have smooth margins, in contrast to the toothed leaf margins of silver maple. The winged fruits of sugar maple are of equal size, in contrast to the fruits of silver maple. The bark of large sugar maple trees is very distinctive. It is gray, with vertical plates that are raised at the edge.
Sugar maples are a common tree in forests of this area and are found in a wide variety of habitats. They are one of the most common trees in the Vanderbilt arboretum.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 3-366.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Acer saccharum
Marshall
sec. Gleason Cronquist 1991
common name: sugar maple
family: Aceraceae
Identified 2014-09-11 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
24th Ave. S. west of Kappa Alpha Theta house, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14651°, -86.80528°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2014-09-11
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