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Aceraceae
18-Sugar maple
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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