Silver Maple 

Medium- sized tree with short thick forking trunk with brittle drooping branchlets. The leaves have a silver tint on the underside.

Distribution: Native to eastern and central North America where it typically occurs in moist to wet, sometimes mucky, often poorly drained soils on floodplains, along the edges of streams and rivers and in low woods. 

Uses:  Used for landscaping as an ornamental tree. Sap is used for drinks or to make syrup.  Seeds can be made into a powder that can then be used for thickening soup, cereals and bread.  Stems are used for making baskets.  The inner bark is used for making a brown-black dye and ink.