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MAPLE FAMILY
(ACERACEAE)
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Bird food: cardinals, Carolina chickadees, goldfinches, grosbeaks, orioles, pine siskins, purple finches, red-bellied woodpeckers, sapsuckers, song sparrows, titmice, vireos, warblers, white-breasted nuthatches, white-throated sparrows, wrens
Wildlife food: mammals
Wildlife shelter: good nesting sites |
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name |
area | flower
& fruit |
season |
other |
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Box elder
Acer negundo | NC | greenish yellow
samara | Sp
SuFW | t |
Red maple
Acer rubrum | NCS | red
red samara | SpW
SpSu | t |
Silver maple
Acer saccharinum | N | greenish yellow
samara | Sp
Su | t |
Florida sugar maple
Acer saccharum | N | greenish yellow
samara | Sp
Su | t |
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| Codes: |
N=north
C=central
S=south |
Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter |
a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine |
i=invasive
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans |
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Florida Native Plants