Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Aceraceae
(Maple Family)


The Maples are known to most people as trees or shrubs with lobed leaves. The fruits are winged. The leaves turn bright red and yellow in the autumn to add to the winter glory.

Acer glabrum (Rocky Mountain Maple)
Acer grandidentatum (Bigtooth Maple)
Acer negundo (Box Elder)


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