It's a little later than usual, but fall colors are finally coming out in force in Morton Grove, Illinois.During a late day run, I took this photo in Linne Woods. Hey, even the fence is donning fall colors. The tree on the left is a Silver Maple, on the left is a sugar maple.
The first one is a popular tree for homeowners, it grows quickly, but the wood is brittle, and large branches from Silver Maples often damage homes.
The Sugar Maple is grows much more slowly, and of course its an important commercial tree--where do you think maple syrup, the real stuff, comes from. The hard wood of the Sugar Maple makes it commercially popular, the wood is used for furniture, flooring, and baseball bats.
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