| Scientific Name: | Acer saccharum |
| Common Name: | sugar maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Street (boulevard tree), Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Corymb, Green-yellow, Mar |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, orbicular, most 15-18cm wide with 3-5 main lobes (as on the Canadian flag), toothed, tip acuminate, base cordate-hastate, underside fine white hairs; petioles 5-10cm long; flowers appear before leaves, drooping on thin pedicels 3-7cm long; schizocarps 2.5-3.5cm wide, horseshoe shaped to thick part of wings forming a 40-50 degree angle, samaras 2-4cm long, seeds plump, rounded. Winter ID: lateral buds brown, conical, about 3mm long, appressed, pubescent; terminal bud sharply pointed. | |