Acer saccharum Marsh. var. saccharum
sugar maple
sugar maple
July 21,
Muddy River, Brookline
A few veteran trees that must have been planted by F.L. Olmsted himself are still surviving in Olmsted Park as of 2013. Among them are Liquidambar styraciflua , Cladrastis kentukea , a few old oaks, and this majestic sugar maple.