Acer saccharum
| Acer saccharum | |
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Secure (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Acer |
| Series: | Acer ser. Saccharodendron |
| Species: | A. saccharum
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer saccharum Marshall
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| Native range of Acer saccharum | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the eastern United States.[3] Sugar maple is best known for being the primary source of maple syrup and for its brightly colored fall foliage.[4] It may also be called "rock maple," "sugar tree," "sweet maple," or, particularly in reference to the wood, "hard maple,"[5] "birds-eye maple," or "curly maple," the last two being specially figured lumber.[6][7]
- ^ Barstow, M.; Crowley, D.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Acer saccharum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T193863A2287314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T193863A2287314.en. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Acer saccharum Marshall — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
- ^ "Acer saccharum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ "Sugar Maple Tree Facts: Sugar Maple Tree Growing Information". gardeningknowhow.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- ^ Meier, Eric. "Hard Maple". The Wood Database. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ M.M. Grandtner (8 April 2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America. Elsevier. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-08-046018-5.
- ^ Michigan State Horticultural Society (1900). Annual Report. Michigan State Horticultural Society. pp. 283–.