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yard. Red Maple is the predominant native maple o
On 7/16/2015 6:06 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
> Norway Maple, if open grown, will yield a good sap for syrup or
> sugar (based on one tree which I tapped in 1991). And even in a hedge
> they grow rapidly. I have yet to see NM larger than a few cm diameter in
> woodland but if free from competition so it can develop a good crown I
> think it has potential as a firewood tree because it grows rapidly in girth.
* whole woodlots in Toronto and elsewhere are composed of this invasive
species. A totally unnecessary addition to the flora of a land where
Sugar, Red, or Freeman Maples are native.
fred.
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