Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple | Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA

***Acer* *saccharum***

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Common name: Sugar Maple

Family: Sapindaceae

Distribution: Eastern North America

Habitat: Lowlands on mixed soils

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: Zone 4a -30 to -25 F

Life form: Deciduous tree

Usage: Ornamental,timber, syrup

Comments: Sugar maple is an iconic, large deciduous tree, which is the source of maple syrup. It has ascending branches, and its bark becomes furrowed with long irrigular plates or ridges with age. Leaves are simple and opposite, lobed, with narrow and deep sinuses. Lobe tips are acuminate, the leaf base is cordate, and margins are slightly coarsely toothed. Fall color can vary from yellow to orange to red. Flowers are small and greenish yellow on long, thin, pendulous stalked, and fruits are paired, winged samaras. Sugar maple prefers sun to part-shade in well-drained, moist, fertile soil. Sugar maple is the national tree of Canada.

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1: 2200 s, 1200 e (ST 2200,1200) • Accession: 1975-3106/1
2: 2200 s, 1200 e (ST 2200,1200) • Accession: 1975-3111/1
3: 2800 s, 1200 e (ST 2800,1200) • Accession: 1975-3836/1
4: 2800 s, 1200 e (ST 2800,1200) • Accession: 1975-3838/1
5: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4010/1
6: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4011/1 • Origin: United States of America
7: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4012/1
8: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4013/1
9: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4014/1
10: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4015/1
11: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4016/1
12: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4017/1
13: 2950 s, 1400 e (ST 2950,1400) • Accession: 1941-4018/1
14: 600 s, 200 e (ST 600,200) • Accession: 1988-038/1
15: 600 s, 200 e (ST 600,200) • Accession: 1989-037/1
16: 600 s, 200 e (ST 600,200) • Accession: 1990-012/1
17: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 1941-4011 • Origin: United States of America
18: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 1941-4021 (2)‎
19: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 1975-3106
20: Herbarium (HERB) • Accession: 1975-3111

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Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA

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***Acer* *saccharum***

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