Botanical name: Acer saccharum
Family: Aceraceae
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- Native to North America (northeastern)
- deciduous
- reaches a height of 75′-95′ capable of of 100+
- round open crown 45-55′ in width
- moderate growth rate
- broad, flat, simple, palmate veined and lobed (often 5 lobes) leaves that are as wide as they are long
- opposite leaf arrangement
- fruits are double samara (two winged seed)
- the sap is clear in the leaf’s petiole vs. the norway maple – who’s sap is white
- beautiful fall colors
- used exclusively for commercial maple syrup production which is harvested in the spring and it takes 40 liters to make 1 liter of refined syrup
- valuable wood for woodworking
- prefers full to partial sun and it is tolerant of shade
- soil pH between 3.8pH acidic and 8.0 alkaline
- zones 3-8
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- sugar maple leaf and bark
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- sugar maple lobed leaf margins
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- Maple, Sugar ~ Leaf
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- Maple, Sugar