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Big Tooth Maple Leaf

  • 6a – Lobes have blunt tips. Leaf is up to 3 inches wide, shiny above and hairy beneath. Irregular canopy — Big Tooth Maple

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar Maple Leaf

 

  • 6b – Lobes more sharply pointed than Big Tooth Maple. Leaf is 3-6 inches wide, not very shiny. A few hairs on veins beneath. Round canopy — Sugar Maple

 

 

 


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