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Acer spicatum ~ mountain maple

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Characteristics:

• FACU (commonly occurs in northern Michigan forested wetlands)

• Michigan C Value: 5

• tall shrub or small tree

• leaves are simple and opposite

• the two basal lobes of a leaf are typically not much more than a larger tooth along the serrated edge

• upper surface of leaf is dark green and smooth; strongly textured by the veins

• retains fruit into late summer or fall

• native