Vine Maple (8270)

Vine Maple, also called Oregon Vine Maple, is most likely found in areas that appear as understory or forest.  A tree and a member of the Sapindaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 13 with 2 other native maple species.  Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, native to Cascadia.  The trappers and explorer’s called it the Devil Wood, dense tangles of limbs along slopes of hills that greatly impeded travel, especially along creek banks.  In the Autumn it might be the Cascadia Floristic Region Floristic Region’s most beautiful tree.  Readers should drive the Tumwater Canyon to Leavenworth, WA in the Autumn.  The Wenatchee River hosts Vine Maples of an amazing range of colors that are to be seen and enjoyed along Highway 2.  (The Gardens purchased a dozen from Oregon nurseries’ contest of flagging a beautiful tree’s leaves, returning in the Winter to take cuttings, and then growing a wide range of colorful maples that are called “cultivars.”  Wetland laws required the Gardens remove our collection of these cloned natives, as cultivars are prohibited in wetland restorations (not taking into account clones) in laws and regulations written by lawyers from Ohio.  ps.  Vine Maples are easy to grow, take a cutting and stick it in the ground; it is an amazing tree, much like willows in its ease of propagation.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Acer+circinatum 
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Acer%20circinatum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_circinatum
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ACCI
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Acer&Species=circinatum&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-13.pdf

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