Acer circinatum Vine maple (Aceraceae) Deciduous tree

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Acer circinatum
Vine maple
Deciduous tree
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The Acer circinatum plant species is found in Western N. America - British Columbia to California. It is a member of the Aceraceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Vine maple.

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Latin Name:  Acer circinatum
Common Name:  Vine maple
Family:  Aceraceae
Author:  Pursh.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  12   Mature Width:  8

Habitat:  Forests, along banks of streams and in rich alluvial soils of bottomlands up to 1200 metres[82].

General Uses: The leaves are packed around apples, rootcrops etc to help preserve them[18, 20]. The young shoots are quite pliable and are used in basket making[118]. Straight shoots can be used to make openwork baskets[257]. A charcoal made from the wood can be mixed with oil and used as a black paint[257]. Wood - hard, heavy, durable, close-grained, strong according to some reports, but not strong according to others. Too small to be commercially important, the wood is used for cart shafts, tool handles, small boxes etc[46, 61, 82, 118, 226, 229, 257]. One report says that the wood is quite pliable and was used for making bows, snowshoe frames etc, whilst young saplings could be used as swings for baby cradles[257]. The wood is almost impossible to burn when green and has served as a cauldron hook over the fire[226].

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