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Rocky Mountain Maple Family:
Soapberry (Sapindaceae) Is a tall shrub or small tree growing to 25 feet tall
but usually a multi-stemmed shrub, 5 to 6 feet tall. Bark is smooth and gray,
until mature when fissures develop. Young
twigs are smooth and reddish. Leaves are three-lobed and sharply toothed.
Like their Eastern US cousins, leaves turn yellow and red in the Fall. |
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Photo taken on:
August 3, 2021 Flowers are inconspicuous and yellowish green in drooping clusters. Seeds are pairs of winged samaras. |
