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A photo collage of sugar maple leaves (Acer saccharum) and graphic lines. The sugar maple known for its brilliant fall foliage is native to the Northeastern US and Canada. The minimum seed bearing age is 30 years old and trees typically live for 200 years. Optimal germination is slightly above 32 F, lower than any other tree species. The largest known sugar maple is in Charlmont, MA at 111 ft high. The sugar maple is an important species to the ecology of many northern forests though they are in decline since they don’t tolerate human impacts such as road salt, soil acidification, air pollution and higher temperatures. The nonnative Norway maple is more tolerant of these conditions and consequently becoming more prevalent.

This image is part of the series Anthropocene about nature and human impacts. The horizontal lines refer to the technology used in TVs where an electron beam draws the image line by line.
The multiple images of autumn leaves coupled with accentuated yellow is an attempt to portray the essential beauty of the sugar maple while the graphic lines represent nature impacted by humans