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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 5 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Soft Maple is listed as a shade and forest tree, not an edible fruit cultivar. Northwest Nursery Co. says it is valuable in southeastern North Dakota, where it thrives and becomes one of the fastest growing shade trees. The catalog also describes its foliage as beautiful. [S1]
The source gives no breeder, parentage, release date, accession code, or fruit description. The entry comes from a Valley City, North Dakota nursery catalog page on hardy forest, shade, shelterbelt, and windbreak trees for prairie planting. [S1]
The catalog recommends Soft Maple as a landscape tree if it is kept properly trimmed. It warns that forked branches are likely to split easily. [S1]
The source gives its prairie suitability as limited. The nursery says it thrives in southeastern North Dakota but would not be satisfactory for most of the state. It gives no zone rating or explicit winter temperature limit. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co..
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“SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees.”
— PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co., p7
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p7 | It would not be satisfactory for the larger part of North Dakota.; Its foliage is very beautiful.; It is a very desirable tree if kept properly trimmed to avoid forked branches, which are apt to split easily.; It becomes |
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| 103 | p7 | recommendation_context | It would not be satisfactory for the larger part of North Dakota. | SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | description_snippet | Its foliage is very beautiful. | SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | recommendation_context | It is a very desirable tree if kept properly trimmed to avoid forked branches, which are apt to split easily. | SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | growth_habit | It becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | entry_location | This is valuable in the southeastern part of the state where it thrives. | SOFT MAPLE-This is a valuable tree in the Southeastern part of our State where it thrives and becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | It would not be satisfactory for the larger part of North Dakota. | 0.96 |
| description_snippet | Its foliage is very beautiful. | 0.90 |
| recommendation_context | It is a very desirable tree if kept properly trimmed to avoid forked branches, which are apt to split easily. | 0.95 |
| growth_habit | It becomes the first of all quick growing shade trees. | 0.88 |
| entry_location | This is valuable in the southeastern part of the state where it thrives. | 0.90 |
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