In the case ofmapletrees, the characteristic shapes of their leaves offer natural rather than artificial clues for recognizing perceived trees as maples.
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For males, larval development was significantly longer on sugarmaplecompared with the two coniferous species, but similar for balsam fir and eastern hemlock.
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The entire interior of the performing space is constructed frommaple, which no doubt contributed to the lustrous sound the orchestra produced.
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On sugarmaple, 50% of the males and 90% of the females went through five instars, with the remaining individuals going through four larval instars.
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It is a redmapleleaf flaming out at the end of its life, revealing an incredibly rich and complex network of branching veins.
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Perhaps, in the full glare of a cloudless summer day, maples display themselves as they truly are.
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Certainly, under such conditions, most viewers would have no trouble whatsoever identifying maples by the distinctive shape of their leaves.
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Further south, in the mixed-forest belt, the trees of the taiga are supplemented by broadleaved trees such as oak,maple, elm and lime.
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In dim light or when stripped of their leaves in the dead of winter, however, maples may not display their specific nature so obviously.
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The logo consists of three doves, intertwined—surprise, surprise—with amapleleaf.
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At one stage it was suggested that they might be asked to plantmaplerather than larch.
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Among the many indigenous species to be planted will be oak, ash, fieldmaple, hawthorn and blackthorn.
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Those who go overseas have a littlemapleleaf on the ribbon.
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The wood used under the upholstery is made from kiln-driedmaplewood that is free of knots, bark or defects.
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