Sugar maple
Acer saccharum
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Acer saccharum
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Forest
- Form
- Tree
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Yellow, Green
- Blooms in
- Spring
- Use
- Food, Timber
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It takes about 40 litres of its sap, boiled down, to make one litre of maple syrup.
- Its autumn leaves turn bright orange and red, and the colours draw crowds of visitors to New England.
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Similar plants
- Norway maple
Acer platanoides
- Sycamore maple
Acer pseudoplatanus
- Horse chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q214733 · All plants · All entries