Naturally Speaking: Admiring Wisconsin’s state tree

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Naturally Speaking: Admiring Wisconsin’s state tree


A gray squirrel partakes in sap that is being tapped from a maple tree. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

Wisconsin’s state tree, the sugar maple wears a number of hats. In addition to providing sap to boil down to syrup or sugar, the tree feeds wildlife with the same liquid. Squirrels, birds and deer all seem to sense this, maybe by the rising sugar full moon.

 

 


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