Bigleaf Maple, Big-leaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
The photo above shows both the terminal and
uppermost lateral buds of a big-leaf maple branch which have opened with the
drooping inflorescences and newly emerged leaves visible. Photographed along
the Mt. Adams Highway on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.......May
6, 2006.
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The photo at left shows a colorful fall leaf of bigleaf maple as seen along the Willapa Hills Trail just east of the Chehalis River Bridge, west of Pe Ell, WA......November 16, 2022. The photo at right 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.
The photo above shows the attractive fall coloration of the foliage
of big-leaf maple as seen at about 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.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of big-leaf
maple. Photographed along the Mt. Adams Highway on the eastern slopes of Mt.
Adams........May 6, 2006.
Paul Slichter