Sugar maple – the source of maple syrup. Mature trees are said to pump around 5,000 gallons of sap around their 450 miles of vascular system!


Credit: Hugh Angus


Yellow and cherry birches – similar in leaf, the two can be easily distinguished from each other by their bark. That of the yellow birch is shiny and near bronze in colour, while that of the cherry birch is comparatively dull.


Hickory – the name Carya derives from the Greek word for nut, Karyos. The name hickory is said to be from the Native American word ‘powchikora’, which was reportedly writen in over 15 different ways!


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