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Hah! That's what I thought. I sort of dimly remembered it from my youth in the U.S., but my book didn't describe the flowers, and I didn't look closely at bundle scars or anything. Nice to know my memory isn't totally gone. Thanks. Jane p.s. Can you say what part of the park houses the mountain maple? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McDonald" <> To: <> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] White Point Birds and > Hi Jane, > > Your tree with the "maple-like" leaves with yellow flowers hanging down in > racemes sounds like one of our native maples alright - probably Striped or > Moose Maple (Acer pensylvanicum). On your next walk in Shubie, also keep > your eye out for Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) which has rather coarse, > crepe-like maple leaves with the raceme of yellow flowers pointing > upwards. We saw it there last year for the first time. > I still rely quite heavily on Ray Fielding's little book "Shrubs of Nova > Scotia" for the identification of small trees and shrubs. > > Cheers, > Bob McDonald > Halifax > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David&Jane Schlosberg" <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] White Point Birds and > > >> Both pink and white lady's slippers are at their peak in Shubie. It >> seems there are even more in bloom than usual--hundreds of thouseands I >> think! Also, the other usual culprits for that terrain and season--star >> flower, sarsaparilla, bunchberry, wild lily-of-the-valley, clintonia, >> etc. Shubie is so lovely in June, if you can somehow block out the awful >> traffic noise! >> I must go over there with my tree book, as there is a puzzling small tree >> in bloom at this time. The leaves are maple-like, and the flowers are >> yellow, hanging down in long racemes. I'm always so excited to see the >> wealth of lady's slippers that I don't look hard at the "maple". ID, >> anyone? >> Jane >
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