{"id":1307,"date":"2010-02-18T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1307"},"modified":"2019-01-30T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:01:05","slug":"maple-saplings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/maple-saplings\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Saplings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1330\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a young maple tree in a cranberry bed\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-423x318.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/060508-maple.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>Family:<\/strong> Aceraceae (Maple Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus:<\/strong> <em>Acer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> The maple family comprises just two genera but about 1200 species; Leaves opposite, simple and palmately veined; sometimes compound (as in the Boxelder), and changing color in the fall; The more mature trees possess distinctive fruits called samaras, which are paired, winged seeds that spin to the earth like that of a helicopter&#8217;s rotor; All maples produce sap in late winter and early spring, but only the Sugar Maple produces sap that is high enough in sugar content to make it of commercial interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Aceraceae (Maple Family) Genus: Acer Description: The maple family comprises just two genera but about 1200 species; Leaves opposite, simple and palmately veined; sometimes compound (as in the Boxelder), and changing color in the fall; The more mature trees possess distinctive fruits called samaras, which are paired, winged seeds that spin to the earth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":470,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1307","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maple Saplings - Cooperative Extension: Cranberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/maple-saplings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maple Saplings - Cooperative Extension: Cranberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Family: Aceraceae (Maple Family) Genus: Acer Description: The maple family comprises just two genera but about 1200 species; 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