Wildlife
Vine maple
Acer circinatum
Habitat
Cascade Locks
Conservation
Secure
Small trees that form dense clumps noted at cascades of Columbia. Lewis described and sketched at Fort Clatsop.
Journal References
9 journal entries mention Vine maple
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
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
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
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...