Maple Tree

Description

Maples are deciduous trees, with bark that changes with age -- smooth and pale is common in youth, darker cracks later occurring.
The distinctive fruit are called samaras, maple keys, whirlybirds, etc. These seeds occur in pairs, each containing one seed enclosed in a "nutlet" attached to a wing of fibrous, papery tissue.

Obtainment

Uses

Main Article: Paperbark Maple

• Maple is considered a tonewood and was used in numerous musical instruments. Maple is harder and has a brighter sound than Mahogany. Additionally, it was used for bowling pins, baseball bats, and butcher block tables prior to the apocalypse. Maple is used in as the core material in the limbs of a recurve bow in archery.

• Its grain can occur with patterning: flame, quilt, birdseye, or burled.

• Dried wood is often used for the smoking of food.

Medicinal