Samara - A winged fruit.
Simple Leaf - A single leaf blade with a bud at the base of the leafstem.
Sinus - Indentation between lobes on a leaf.
Samara- A dry, indehiscent, winged fruit, one-seeded as in Fraxinus and Ulmus or two-seeded as in Acer.
Sapling- A tree more than 0.9 in (3 ft) in height and less than 10.2 cm (4 in) in d.b.h.
Samara A dry indehiscent fruit bearing a wing.
Saccate With a sac-like shape.
Saggitate Shaped like an arrowhead.
Seeds are samaras, 3/4 to 1" long, that ripen in early fall and persist into winter.
Bark is grayish brown, developing darker striations and furrows ('snakebark') with age.
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Samara - indehiscent, one or two-seeded winged fruit, as in Acer rubrum (red maple).
Nuts - hard-shelled, usually one-seeded, indehiscent fruits, such as Juglans nigra (black walnut) or Carya illinoinensis (pecan).
-- Also referred to as samara - or helicopters, as kids call them.
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The pinkish hue of the winged seeds (called samaras) make the tree appear as if it's flowering in midsummer. Choose the clump form to create a Japanese maple shape and prune out the lower branches after the tree has leafed out; 6 by 6 metres; Zone 1 ...
Leaves, dark red, best displayed where the light shines through from behind. Crimson in autumn. Bright red samaras. A sturdy, popular cultivar, sun tolerant in cooler regions.
"Burgundy Lace' (DEEPLY DIVIDED GROUP).
HOT WINGS® garners its name from the brilliant red samaras that clothe the tree in midsummer providing a tremendous show of color. The fall color ranges from orange-red to yellow.
It grows 15 to 20 feet high and slightly wider, and can be a multistemmed shrub or small, rounded tree. The narrow green leaves turn scarlet in autumn. Its fragrant white spring flowers develop into attractive red samaras that flutter like ...
amur maple (Amur ginnala) can either be a large shrub or a small tree, but it's more often limbed up to show off its strong sculptural form. One of the first maples to leaf out in the spring, the amur maple later offers reddish winged fruits (samara).
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