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Article: Big leaf maple hails from the west.
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
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Maple trees are as american as apple pie. But when people think of maples, quite often they think only of the trees in Eastern forests. What many don't realize is that the United States is home to some 20 different species of the maple or Acer family (150 or so species worldwide), which are divided into the hard and soft maples. Among the species of maple is: black, broad leaved, fig leaf, hard, Oregon, rock, river, rough, scarlet, silver, soft and sugar.
A Soft Hardwood
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