The Music building example is a bit brooding, rather than pure green--there is a red tinge at its leaf tips that gives the whole tree a bronzy cast.
![[Foliage of Japanese Maple]](/home/treetour/graphics/40jpmap.jpg)
![[Japanese Maple tree]](/home/treetour/graphics/40jpmapl.jpg)
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A Japanese maple is west of the Music building, facing Miller Hall. There
is no tree native in North America with as many ornamental varieties as the
Japanese have with their maples. Acer palmatum, while one of 20
maple species native in Japan, is the most common and widely variable. It
can be a low bush or a 60-foot high tree, and its leaves range from
filigree laciness to the sort of ones you see on this Music building
example. In color they vary delightfully too.
The Music building example is a bit brooding, rather than pure green--there is a red tinge at its leaf tips that gives the whole tree a bronzy cast.
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