What Tree Is It?

Winged seeds 1" or longer

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Winged seed about 1" long
Sugar Maple
Black Maple
NOTE: Read both fact pages to separate these two similar kinds of maple.

Winged seed about 1" to 1 1/2" long
Paperbark Maple
CAUTION: This fruit is only rarely found. Read about other characters of the tree.

Winged seed mostly 1 1/4" to 2" long