Sugar Maple
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) has a dense, spreading crown, can grow to 80 feet or more in height; bark light gray to gray-brown, rough, deeply furrowed, and darker with age. Provides great shade because of a dense crown.
One of its most prominent features is amazing fall color. As the seasons change, the leaves turn vibrant shades of yellow, burnt orange, and red.
Sugar maple is the only tree today used for commercial syrup production, as its sap has twice the sugar content of other maple species.
Growth Rate: Moderate (6-12" / year)
Soils: Sand, Loam, Clay
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Shade Tolerance: Full Sun to Part Shade
Mature Height: 60-80+ ft.
Deer Damage Potential: High
Uses: Fall Color, Lumber, Reforestation, Shade
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) has a dense, spreading crown, can grow to 80 feet or more in height; bark light gray to gray-brown, rough, deeply furrowed, and darker with age. Provides great shade because of a dense crown.
One of its most prominent features is amazing fall color. As the seasons change, the leaves turn vibrant shades of yellow, burnt orange, and red.
Sugar maple is the only tree today used for commercial syrup production, as its sap has twice the sugar content of other maple species.
Growth Rate: Moderate (6-12" / year)
Soils: Sand, Loam, Clay
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Shade Tolerance: Full Sun to Part Shade
Mature Height: 60-80+ ft.
Deer Damage Potential: High
Uses: Fall Color, Lumber, Reforestation, Shade
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) has a dense, spreading crown, can grow to 80 feet or more in height; bark light gray to gray-brown, rough, deeply furrowed, and darker with age. Provides great shade because of a dense crown.
One of its most prominent features is amazing fall color. As the seasons change, the leaves turn vibrant shades of yellow, burnt orange, and red.
Sugar maple is the only tree today used for commercial syrup production, as its sap has twice the sugar content of other maple species.
Growth Rate: Moderate (6-12" / year)
Soils: Sand, Loam, Clay
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Shade Tolerance: Full Sun to Part Shade
Mature Height: 60-80+ ft.
Deer Damage Potential: High
Uses: Fall Color, Lumber, Reforestation, Shade