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Aceraceae

18-Sugar maple

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Early in spring, sap starts running in sugar maple, Acer saccharum. Trees can be tapped to collect the sap, which contains a weak solution of sucrose.

Photo by K. R. Robertson at Homer Lake Park, Champaign County, Illinois.

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