Naturally Speaking: Turning tree sap to syrup

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Naturally Speaking: Turning tree sap to syrup


Squirrels consume maple sap raw by licking tree bark. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

Maple syrup, boiled down from maple tree sap, is so common most believe it is the only tree that gives up sap from the tree’s wood when tapped in spring.

 

 


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