Sugar Maple

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 100 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.
Width: 40 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Scientific Names

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Sugar Maple leaves


Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names

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Acer >

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Read about Sugar Maple in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
A farm with a Sugar Maple in the front yard
The bark of the Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum, Marsh. (A. saccharinum, Wang., not Linn. A. barbatum, Michx.). Sugar or Rock Maple. Fig. 98. Large tree, 120 ft., with gray bark: lvs. 3-5-lobed, cordate, 3-6 in. long, with narrow and deep sinuses; lobes acuminate, sparingly dentate, usually glaucous and glabrous beneath: corymb hairy: fr. with slightly spreading wings, glabrous. E. N. Amer. S.S. 2:90. Em. 558. H.T. 324. Gn. 65, p. 55 (habit). —An excellent street and shade tree of upright, dense growth, turning bright yellow and scarlet in autumn. It does well in almost every soil. Var. Rugelii, Rehd. (A. Rugelii, Pax, A. saccharum var. barbatum, Trel.). Lvs. 3-lobed, generally broader than long, 2-5 in. across, pale green or glaucous beneath, and at length mostly glabrous, coriaceous; lobes nearly entire. Central states. S.S. 2:91 (as var. nigrum). Var. monumentale, Schwerin (A. nigrum var. monumentale, Rehd.). Of upright, columnar habit.CH


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Species

Cultivarswp

  • 'Apollo' - columnar.
  • 'Arrowhead' - pyramidal crown.
  • 'Astis' (Steeple®) - heat-tolerant; good in southeastern USA. Oval crown.
  • 'Bonfire' - fast-growing.
  • 'Columnare'
  • 'Fall Fiesta' - tough-leaved, colorful in season.
  • 'Green Mountain' - durable foliage resists heat and drought.
  • 'Legacy' - tough, vigorous and popular.
  • 'Monumentale' - columnar.
  • 'Newton Sentry' - very narrow.
  • 'Sweet Shadow' - lacy foliage.
  • 'Temple's Upright' - columnar.
  • 'Unity' - very hardy Manitoba cultivar.

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