February/April flowers appear yellowish-green, monoecious, on long stalks.Bright to light green 3-5 lobed 4-inch leaves with a lighter underside and double toothed.Symmetrical open crown - growing over 100 feet.Reddish-brown/light brown twigs are smooth.Gray smooth bark on young trees that becomes irregular, fissured and flakey with age.With slender stalks, the leaves wave and flutter in the slightest breeze! Silver Maple ID Also known as Silverleaf, Creek, Water, Swamp or White Maples (among many others!), these trees have an open, rounded crown. Including the gorgeous and sweet-sapped Sugar Maple, these trees are named for their silvery undersides and lighter bark that is sometimes shaggy. Brightly colored flowers, seeds, fall color.Bitter sap (sets it apart from the Sugar Maple).
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