Łódź, Botanical Garden

Native to western North America. Edible plant - the sap contains a certain amount of sugar and can either be used as a drink, or can be concentrated into a syrup by boiling off the water, the concentration of sugar is considerably lower than in the Acer saccharinum. Herbal plant - the wood was burnt to charcoal and mixed with water and brown sugar then used in the treatment of dysentery and polio. Useful plant - the wood is almost impossible to burn when green and has served as a cauldron hook over the fire; the wood is hard, heavy, durable, close-grained, but in small quantities commercially not important. Usable plant - the young shoots are quite pliable and are used in basket making[; straight shoots can be used to make open-work baskets; the wood is hard, heavy, durable, close-grained; it is used for cart shafts, tool handles, small boxes etc.; young saplings could be used as swings for baby cradles.