My daughter and son-in-law took my grandkid out early for trick-or-treating on Halloween day in 2021. I went along with them to have fun too. Walking in the neighborhood, I suddenly spot a red maple tree standing in the middle of all green trees and bushes. With the right temperature, sunlight and water, these bright red, juicy and plump leaves are so attractive and make me happy. Doesn’t one of the photos look like a big red heart? Showing love to you.
2021 萬聖節那天，我女兒及女婿帶著小小孩早早就出去要糖了，我也湊熱鬧跟著一起去，走在路上，遠遠就被這萬綠叢中一點紅的楓樹吸引住了，這棵楓樹在適當的溫度、陽光、水⋯的條件下，豔紅亮麗又水滋滋的葉子，是如此迷人也令人開懷。其中一張照片，看起來像不像一顆大紅心？跟你示意著愛心。
Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the eastern United States. It is best known for being the primary source of maple syrup and for its brightly colored fall foliage. The sugar maple is the state tree of the US states of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
糖楓原產於加拿大東部和美國東部的硬木森林。它以其為楓糖漿的主要來源和色彩鮮豔的秋葉而聞名。糖楓是美國紐約州、佛蒙特州、西弗吉尼亞州和威斯康星州的州樹。
Notes 筆記
- Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It may also be called "rock maple," "sugar tree," "sweet maple," or, particularly in reference to the wood, "hard maple," "birds-eye maple," or "curly maple," the last two being specially figured lumber. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
- Sugar maple is best known for being the primary source of maple syrup and for its brightly colored fall foliage.
- Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree. Specific epithet means sugary in reference to the sweet sap. Saccharum is the genus name for sugarcane.
- Sugar maple is a deciduous tree normally reaching heights of 80–115 ft and up to 150 ft.
- The leaves are deciduous with five lobes and borne in opposite pairs. The fall color is often spectacular, ranging from bright yellow on some trees through orange to fluorescent red-orange on others. Sugar maples also have a tendency to color unevenly in fall.
- The flowers are in panicles of five to ten together, yellow-green and without petals; flowering occurs in early spring. The sugar maple will generally begin flowering when it is between 10 and 200 years old.
- This tree is a main component of the Eastern U.S. hardwood forest and is one of the trees which is most responsible for giving New England its reputation for spectacular fall color.
- The sugar maple is one of the most important Canadian trees, being, with the black maple, the major source of sap for making maple syrup. Forty gallons of maple sap produces 1 gallon of syrup. In the southern part of their range, sugar maples produce little sap; syrup production is dependent on the tree growing in cooler climates.
- The seeds can be soaked, and—with their wings removed—boiled, seasoned, and roasted to make them edible. The young leaves and inner bark can be eaten raw or cooked.
- Bowling alleys and bowling pins are both commonly manufactured from sugar maple. It is also the wood used for basketball courts and for baseball bats. It is also widely used in the manufacture of musical instruments, such as violin, guitars, grand pianos, and drum shells.
- The native American, the Mohegan, uses the inner bark as a cough remedy, and the sap as a sweetening agent and to make maple syrup.
- The sugar maple is the state tree of the US states of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It is depicted on the state quarter of Vermont, issued in 2001.
- 糖楓，是無患子科和荔枝科的一種開花植物。又稱 “岩楓”、“糖樹”、“甜楓”，或特別指木材，“硬楓”、“雀眼楓”或“捲曲楓”，後兩種是特殊圖案的木材。它原產於加拿大東部和美國東部的硬木森林。
- 糖楓以其為楓糖漿的主要來源和色彩鮮豔的秋葉而聞名。
- 屬名是糖槭的拉丁名。種小名是指與甜汁液有關的含糖量。Saccharum 是甘蔗的屬名。
- 糖楓是一種落葉喬木，通常高達 80-115 英尺，最高可達 150 英尺。
- 葉子是落葉的，有五個裂片，成對生。秋天的顏色通常很引人入勝，有一些樹葉是亮黃色到橙色，而有些是光輝四射的紅橙色。 糖楓樹在秋天也有可能有顏色不均勻的傾向。
- 花為五至十個圓錐花序，黃綠色，無花瓣；在早春開花。糖楓通常在 10 到 200 歲之間開始開花。
- 這種樹是美國東部硬木林的主要組成成份，也是使新英格蘭以其壯麗的秋天色彩而聞名的樹木之一。
- 糖楓是加拿大最重要的樹木之一，與黑楓一起，是製作楓糖漿的主要樹液來源。40 加侖楓樹汁可產生 1 加侖糖漿。在其分佈範圍的南部，糖槭幾乎不產生汁液；糖漿的生產取決於在涼爽氣候下生長的樹木。
- 種子可以浸泡，去掉翼瓣後，經過煮、調味和烤後可食用。 嫩葉和內皮可以生吃或煮熟。
- 保齡球館和保齡球瓶通常由糖楓製成。它也是用於籃球場和棒球棒的木材。也廣泛用於製造樂器，如小提琴、吉他、三角鋼琴、鼓殼等。
- 美洲原住民，莫希干族使用內樹皮作為止咳藥，使用樹液作為甜味劑並製作楓糖漿。
- 糖楓是美國紐約州、佛蒙特州、西弗吉尼亞州和威斯康星州的州樹。它被畫在 2001 年發行的佛蒙特州二角五分銅板上。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Acer saccharum
- Missouri Botanical Garden: Acer saccharum
- 維基百科: 糖楓
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