Wildlife

Vine maple

Acer circinatum
Vine maple
Habitat
Cascade Locks
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-10-30

Small trees that form dense clumps noted at cascades of Columbia. Lewis described and sketched at Fort Clatsop.

Journal References

14 journal entries mention Vine maple

Aug 22 1804
Missouri River near Vermillion area — John Ordway: August 22, 1804
...elow the hills their is Some large Timber of cottonwood Elm Maple &. C. Some oak & ceeder on the Bluffs, we halted under the Bluffs & found different kinds of oar wh...
Apr 9 1805
Clark: April 9, 1805
...tor to day great numbers of Brant flying up the river, the Maple, & Elm has buded & Cotton and arrow wood beginning to bud. I saw in the prarie an animal resemblin...
Aug 13 1805
Lewis: August 13, 1805
...iver passed. I saw near the creek some bushes of the white maple, the shumate of the small species with the winged rib, and a species of honeysuckle much in it's g...
Nov 3 1805
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 3, 1805
...d closely timbered: on the river the timber is cotton wood, maple and some ash; and back from it mostly spruce pine. We made 13 miles and encamped on a large island,...
Nov 4 1805
Clark: November 4, 1805
...ld crab & a Specis of wood I'm not acquainted, a Specis of maple & Cotton wood grow near this river, Some low bushes Indians continue to be with us, Several Canoes...
Nov 5 1805
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1805
...ce timber. The bottoms are large, covered with cotton wood, maple, and the like kinds of wood. We passed a great many Indian camps, their lodges made chiefly of pole...
Nov 30 1805
Clark: November 30, 1805
...es Pine, a kind of ash a Species of Beech and a Species of Maple, in addition to the pine Lorrel and under groth Common to the woods in this Lower Countrey the hil...
Feb 10 1806
Clark: February 10, 1806
... 60 feet high-the froot is a winged Seed Somewhat like the maple. In the Same part of the countrey there is also another groth, which resembles the white maple in ...
Feb 10 1806
Lewis: February 10, 1806
...0 feet high. the fruit is a winged seed somewhate like the maple. in the same part of the country there is also another growth which resembles the white maple in i...
Apr 6 1806
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 6, 1806
... is mostly of the fir kind, with some cherry, dogwood, soft maple and ash; and a variety of shrubs which bear fruit of fine flavour, that the natives make use of for...
Apr 12 1806
Lewis: April 12, 1806
...e Cottonwood, sweet willow, broad leafed ash, a species of maple, the purple haw, a small speceis of cherry; purple currant, goosberry, red willow, vining and whit...
Jun 16 1806
Clark: June 16, 1806
... the honeysuckle, huckleberry and a Small Species of white maple are beginning to put foth their leaves, where they are clear of the Snow, those appearances in th...
Jun 16 1806
Lewis: June 16, 1806
...e, the honeysuckle, huckburry and a small speceis of white maple are begining to put fourth their leaves; these appearances in this comparatively low region auger...
Sep 18 1806
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
... tioned, 47, 48, 52, 53, 55-73, 275 Mandan villages, 53, 54 Maple, 168, 170; soft, 211. Marapa river, 46 Maria’s river, 96, 97, 99, 260, 261, 266-268 Marrow creek,...

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