The (Norway) Maple Leaf Forever

[pigdog47]

Sean Blaney, senior botanist of the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, said he never expected to see the Norway maple leaf on a $20 bill.

"It's a species that's invasive in Eastern Canada and is displacing some of our native species, and it's probably not an appropriate species to be putting on our native currency," Blaney told CBC News.

University of Ottawa Prof. Julian Starr, also a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, specializes in plant identification and classification.

He has been consulted by the Royal Canadian Mint about the botanical accuracy of its coins, but he was not shown this maple leaf.

"This could not be confused with a native species of Canada," said Starr. "It basically looks like a Norway maple."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadas-20-bill-features-foreign-maple-leaf-102945966.html

[toby_le_pue]

B-)I am sure there are people who will blame

Harper for this SNAFU.:^O

[almond_t]

No doubt!  At least no one should mistake it for a CONterfit bill!

[pigdog47]

no one is gonna mistake it for "Whistler's Mother" either!  Or a lithograth of Monet's "Rat on a Wharf"