Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
Big-leaf maple with the pendant racemes and newly emerged leaves visible. Photographed along the old Highway 8 which is directly below the Labyrinth in the middle Columbia River Gorge...................April 10, 2010.
The photo above shows the leaf of big-leaf
maple as taken at a logging landing at the end of Road K6300 at approximately
3030' on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams................June 19, 2005.
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The photo above left shows a close-up of a young leaf and the drooping inflorescences of big-leaf maple as seen at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge..................April 14, 2007. The photo at right shows a close-up of the pendant inflorescence as seen along Eightmile Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.................April 4, 2010.
The photo above shows the attractive fall coloration of the foliage
of big-leaf maple as seen at above 3700' along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams
Viewpoint on the southwestern slopes of Mt. Adams.............October 14, 2005.
This is about the upper edge of the elevational range that big-leaf maple may
be found on Mt. Adams.
Paul Slichter