Aceraceae Acer spicatum Lam.

Mountain Maple

Ojibwa - Other, Designs

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 413

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Scientific name: Acer spicatum Lam.
USDA symbol: ACSP2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Designs
Notes: Three-lobed leaf was a great favorite with Ojibwe women for design work for beading.

RECRD: 113 id: 721