Acer saccharum
Common name: Sugar Maple
Sugar Maple is best known for its yellow, orange and occasionally red fall color. It is a very site specific plant, and does best in the shade with good, well-drained, moist garden soil. This tree is not suited for new subdivisions or street tree plantings. However, it is an excellent tree to plant in the shade of others (Elms) in older subdivisions (>25 years). Plus, February and March are maple syrup time. Forty quarts of sap are needed for one quart of maple syrup!
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Plant Details
Plant type
Tree
Soil type
Dry Mesic, Mesic (Not too Wet Not too Dry)
Light exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun / Part Shade
Bloom period
Spring
Urban environment
Uncompacted Urban Soils, Requires Protected Site
Habitat
Sandy Soils, Savannas, Woodlands
Growth form
Single trunk
Growth rate
Fast
Flower color
Reddish
Fall color
Yellow Red
Size
- Mature height
- 50 Feet
- Mature width
- 35 Feet
- Max height
- 75 Feet
- Max width
- 55 Feet