silver maple
noun
1
: a common maple (Acer saccharinum) of eastern North America with deeply cut 5-lobed leaves that are light green above and silvery white below
2
: the hard close-grained but brittle light brown wood of the silver maple
Examples of silver maple in a Sentence
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The swamp forest in this area includes tamarack, silver maple, red maple, and green ash.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Among the redbuds and silver maples that fringed the hillsides, the light turned the color of ash.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The floodplain forests along the upper Mississippi River are mostly made up of silver maple, cottonwood, willow, green ash and American elm.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
In the case of the silver maples, just a few inches of elevation made all the difference for those that survived versus those that were wiped out by floodwaters, Henderson said.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
The other was a neighbor’s silver maple.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Feb. 2021
The tree is to replace a 40-plus-year-old silver maple that was taken down in January due to breakage.
—oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2022
Interestingly, silver maple and box elder, also a member of the maple family, along with Eastern cottonwood, are also keystone plants, according to the NWF.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
For example, a silver maple sheds seeds in late spring, while white oaks drop acorns in late summer or early fall.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Among the redbuds and silver maples that fringed the hillsides, the light turned the color of ash.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The floodplain forests along the upper Mississippi River are mostly made up of silver maple, cottonwood, willow, green ash and American elm.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
In the case of the silver maples, just a few inches of elevation made all the difference for those that survived versus those that were wiped out by floodwaters, Henderson said.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
The other was a neighbor’s silver maple.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Feb. 2021
The tree is to replace a 40-plus-year-old silver maple that was taken down in January due to breakage.
—oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2022
Interestingly, silver maple and box elder, also a member of the maple family, along with Eastern cottonwood, are also keystone plants, according to the NWF.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
For example, a silver maple sheds seeds in late spring, while white oaks drop acorns in late summer or early fall.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
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