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Not nearly as bad as the Canadian $20 note depicting a Norwegian maple leaf (7 points) instead of a Canadian maple (5 points).
by mceoin 7y ago
Not nearly as bad as the Canadian $20 note depicting a Norwegian maple leaf (7 points) instead of a Canadian maple (5 points).
- bryanlarsen 7y agoSupposedly that is a stylized amalgam of 10 different native maple trees. The sugar maple is an eastern tree; the amalgam is supposed to be more broadly representative.
- lb1lf 7y agoWell, that one at least makes sense historically. After all, we -Norsemen, that is- were there way before the British and French. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows :)
- umadon 7y agoUhh but weren't the maple trees there before that?
- jesseb 7y agoCanada has 10 native species of Maple, not all have 5 nodes. The Vine Maple can have 7 to 9, for example. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maple https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maple