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| Our tree of the week is a particular southern sugar maple (Acer barbatum). |
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| The southern sugar maple is pictured center. It is approximately 30 years old. In 1995, Mr. Jack Price donated this maple, from "Alabama stock", to the arboretum collection. At the time, it was four feet tall. |
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| Looking from across the pond, we see sugar maple leaves blanketing the slope that leads up to the Student Union Building. |
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| A view from the long white wooden bridge, photographed December 5, 2021 |
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| Our tree of the week is not fully responsible for all of this pleasing coloration. Several
species of maple are planted here: chalk, box-elder, red, and sugar.
However, the southern sugar maple is the top contributor this week.
All of these leaves have dropped since Wednesday, when the lawn mower
went through the arboretum mulching leaves. |
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| Examining the leaf litter we primarily see southern sugar maple leaves. |
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| Acer barbatum leaf litter, photographed December 5, 2021 |
