About the Vine Maple tree :
One of the most desireable native plants, this small tree is
famous for fall color and it's ability to hold stream banks and
eroding soil. Like the dogwood, it grows best in the understory
at the woodland edge but will also grow more lankey in the
forest interior and smaller, denser in the open--where it can
burn in the afternoon sun. The lower branches wind sinuously up
through the air, vine-like (thus the name) and the best looking
specimines are multi trunked.
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