Wildlife
Vine maple
Acer circinatum
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,...