Member. The following excerpt provides an indication of the type of guide Rudy has produced. It was published under the Canada New Brunswick Cooperation Agreement of Forest Development. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in our trees and shrubs. It is available from Maritime Forest Ranger r School, RR # 10, Fredericton, N.B. E33 6H6. SUGAR MAPLE (Acer saccharum) Buds opposite, 1 cm or less long. pointed. brown, covered with several pairs of scales, faintly hairy. Twigs smooth. shiny. brown with yellow or white lenticels, hairless. Fruit about 3 cm long, plump seed. slender stalk usually longer than fruit, seed wings almost parallel. Young bark grey, smooth. old bark dark grey or grey-brown, with long vertical irregular strips that curl outwards along one side or sometimes with thick scales.