| Nothing in our natural environment brings more beauty | | | | because of its rich source of pollen contained in the |
| and performs many varied tasks at the same time like | | | | flowers. The flowers come in shades of attractive red, |
| the trees. These are the woody plants, which have a | | | | orange or sometimes yellow color and is the greatest |
| trunk that supports the branches, and a vast network | | | | attraction for the insects. Although they can grow well |
| of roots that support the trunk. They serve a lot of | | | | in absence of direct sunlight, blooming does not occur |
| purposes like beautifying our homes, landscaping the | | | | until the veined leaves bud. The fruit, known as |
| environment, providing homes for wildlife, preventing soil | | | | samaras is a marvel of nature with different seeds |
| erosion as well as providing us with oxygen, a | | | | covered in nutlets and also having an attached wing |
| byproduct of the carbon dioxide they take in from the | | | | which helps in dispersing to vast distances. |
| atmosphere | | | | As funny as you may find it, these seeds, which |
| You will find more than one hundred and twenty five | | | | mature barely six months after flowers appear, take |
| varieties of the maple plants all around the world | | | | many years to germinate. despite the long duration |
| including Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. The | | | | taken to grow, you will still find them in many gardens |
| trees which are deciduous, except the ones growing in | | | | and cities with temperate climate especially in Norway. |
| Asia and the Mediterranean, grow to heights of up to | | | | In regard to its beauty, some communities like the |
| forty meters as opposed to the shrubs that never | | | | Japanese have developed a leaf-watching culture in |
| grow more than ten meters. | | | | Kyoto and Nikko. |
| Bees and insects benefit a lot from the maple tree | | | | |