Common Missouri Maple And Ash Trees Id By Twigs/buds

Front 1

White Ash

Back 1

Hint 1

Stout, gray-olive-green, hairless, leaf scars round at the bottom, notched at the top, with lateral buds in the notch; terminal bud is large, brown, with leathery scales and flanked by two lateral buds.

Front 2

Green Ash

Back 2

Hint 2

Stout to medium texture, gray to green-brown and either glabrous or pubescent, depending on variety; leaf scars are semicircular to flat across the top, with lateral buds sitting on top of leaf scar (not down in a in notch as with white ash).

Front 3

Amur Maple

Back 3

Hint 3

Slender, glabrous, reddish brown, lighter lenticels, raised leaf scars and short broad buds.

Front 4

Japanese Maple

Back 4

Hint 4

Slender, glabrous, red or green; buds broadly conical, green or red, base of bud hidden by tan, fuzzy fringe.

Front 5

Norway Maple

Back 5

Hint 5

Stout, brown with a large, turban-shaped buds that are initially green maturing to purple.

Front 6

Red Maple

Back 6

Hint 6

Reddish and lustrous with small lenticels, buds usually blunt, green or reddish (fall and winter) with several loose scales usually present, leaf scars V-shaped, 3 bundle scars, lateral buds slightly stalked, may be collateral buds present.

Front 7

Silver Maple

Back 7

Hint 7

Similar to red maple but stouter and often more chestnut-brown in color, unpleasant odor when crushed; buds reddish brown with large scales, flower buds often in conspicuous dense clusters.

Front 8

Sugar Maple

Back 8

Hint 8

Brown, slender and shiny with lighter lenticels; terminal buds brown, very sharp pointed, with tight scales.

Front 9

Paperbark Maple

Back 9