Sugar Maple

Basisdaten

description:

The sugar maple is probably the most important tree for many Americans because of it the world famous maple syrup is produced. The wood is of interest for the furniture industry.

Tree profile

name botanical:

Acer saccharum

family:

Soapberry family (Sapindaceae)

species:

deciduous tree

height:

up to 40 m (131 ft)

leaf:

The leaves of Sugar maple are lobed with 3 to 5 lobes. The leaves are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter. The lower lobes are much smaller than the upper. The leaf margin is smooth.

leaf shape:

lobed

leaf margin:

smooth

leaf position:

opposite

fall foliage:

yellow – orange – red

flowering:

April-May

blossom color:

yellow

blossom description:

Yellow umbels with pedunculated flowers.

gender distribution:

monoecious / hermaphrodite

fruit:

The fruit is a samara with two winged nutlets. The wings are often reddish and almost parallel arranged.

branches:

The branches are light brown and glossy. The buds are reddish brown.

bark:

The bark is smooth and later fissured.

root:

Shallow-rooting plant

location:

Sun to half-shade,brown leaf margins indicate a lack of water.

soil:

sandy to loamy

ph value:

slightly acidic to alkaline

usage:

single tree, planting in groups, garden, parks. In America also as forest tree mixed with beech or yellow birch.

comment:

The leaf can be seen as an outline in the Canadian national flag.
Maple syrup is made from the sap of the tree.

Mapels additional information

overview leaves | overview blossoms
overview fruit | overview trunk
overview winter | overview trees

Typical diseases for Sugar Maple

Cancer at a tree

Leaf Tree Cancer (Nectria galligena)

verticillium alboatrum

Typical fungi for Sugar Maple

honey fungus (Armillia mellea) group of fungi

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