Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum



A hardwood deciduous tree of eastern Canada and eastern United States known for its fall foliage and maple syrup production. 

  • Grows to a height of about 60 - 75 ft with a trunk diameter of 3 ft. 

  • Sugar maple fruit is a samara. Fruits can be collected in fall (September to November) after they turn from green to brown or after they fall to the ground.

  • Sugar Maple leaves have five lobes. They lack the double-toothed edges of the Red Maple Leaf.

  • Bark is grayish brown, with rough vertical plates or ridges when mature.

  • Maple syrup was first recorded as being produced in 1540 by Native Americans using the sugar maple's sap. is actually used to make a yellow dye called quercitron (a.k.a Dutch/English/Italian pink)



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