24-09-2003, 02:02 PM
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A maple with all-yellow leaves? FIREWOOD
(dstvns) wrote in :
However, the easiest way to tell the two apart is in the fall, when
the leaves change color. The native sugar maple will have at least
some tinge of red in their leaves. Usually they are all-red, but may
contain some flecks of gold or brown. The non-native norway maple
leaf will be completely golden-yellow or brown, and their leaves
usually fall several weeks after sugar maples are done with their
leaves. If you see an all-yellow maple tree in the woods late in the
plumage season, it's almost certainly a Norway maple and should be
destroyed.
whoa, Dan! my sugarbush turns almost entirely yellow, with some tinge of
red not vice versa. the *swamp* (red) maples turn red, but the sugar
maples are yellow (as are the striped maples).
i'm no fan of Norway maples, but i think chopping trees by autumn leaf
color may not be a great move. how about going by the seeds in spring
instead? it would be much harder to confuse the two types of
'propellers'.
of course, sugar maples do make good firewood...
lee
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